Progress and prospects for structural studies of transmembrane interactions in single-spanning receptors

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2016, Pages 115-123

  Trenker, Raphael ^a,b   Call, Melissa J ^a,b   Call, Matthew E ^a,b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SINGLE SPANNING RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BINDING;

COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 84978887947     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2016.07.001     Document Type: Review

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