Structural basis for cell surface patterning through NetrinG-NGL interactions
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Structural basis for cell surface patterning through NetrinG–NGL interactions
Brain wiring depends on cells making highly localized and selective connections through surface protein-protein interactions, including those between NetrinGs and NetrinG ligands (NGLs). The NetrinGs are members of the structurally uncharacterized netrin family. We present a comprehensive crystallographic analysis comprising NetrinG1-NGL1 and NetrinG2-NGL2 complexes, unliganded NetrinG2 and NGL...
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عنوان ژورنال: The EMBO Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0261-4189
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.346