Cell signalling. Receptor orphans find a family.
A family of ligands has been identified for the largest group of receptor protein-tyrosine kinases--the hitherto 'orphan' EPH receptor subfamily--and the functions of these receptors and ligands are starting to be elucidated.
Pandey
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Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA.
Lindberg
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Dixit
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
D008024:Ligands; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases