Structural basis of the proinflammatory signaling complex mediated by TSLP

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 375-382

  Verstraete, Kenneth ^a   Van Schie, Loes ^a   Vyncke, Laurens ^b   Bloch, Yehudi ^a   Tavernier, Jan ^b   Pauwels, Ewald ^a   Peelman, Frank ^b   Savvides, Savvas N ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CROSS REACTION; DISULFIDE BOND; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN REFOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84897993623     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2794     Document Type: Article

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