Ligand regulation of a constitutively dimeric EGF receptor
Freed DM, Alvarado D, Lemmon MA. Ligand regulation of a constitutively dimeric EGF receptor. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 7380. PMID: 26060020, PMCID: PMC4465127, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8380.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidermal growth factor receptorLin-3Ligand-induced receptor dimerizationInsulin receptor family membersReceptor family membersLET-23Minor structural rearrangementsDomain compositionLigand regulationGrowth factor receptorDimerization armAllosteric changesExtracellular regionOligomerization stateReceptor dimerizationMutational analysisEGF receptorFactor receptorStructural rearrangementsKey eventsCovalent dimersStructural studiesFamily membersCaenorhabditisDimers