Platelet-derived growth factors and their receptors: Structural and functional perspectives

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1834, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2176-2186

  Chen, Po Han ^a   Chen, Xiaoyan ^a   He, Xiaolin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth factor; Propeptide recognition; Receptor activation; Receptor tyrosine kinase; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; GLUTAMIC ACID; GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; SMALL MOLECULE TRANSPORT AGENT; STEM CELL FACTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELL; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MESENCHYME CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

GROWTH FACTOR; PROPEPTIDE RECOGNITION; RECEPTOR ACTIVATION; RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BLOOD PLATELETS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECEPTORS, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84884503107     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: 18781454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.10.015     Document Type: Review

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