2014
Putting together structures of epidermal growth factor receptors
Bessman NJ, Freed DM, Lemmon MA. Putting together structures of epidermal growth factor receptors. Current Opinion In Structural Biology 2014, 29: 95-101. PMID: 25460273, PMCID: PMC4268130, DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2014.10.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidermal growth factor receptorGrowth factor receptorIntact epidermal growth factor receptorChemical biology methodsNumerous crystal structuresFactor receptorTyrosine kinase domainVariety of inhibitorsKinase domainExtracellular regionMembrane environmentIntracellular regionBiology methodsIntact receptorReceptorsCancer therapyNext challengeCrystal structureMembraneActivationRegionInhibitorsDomain
2008
Ligand-induced ErbB receptor dimerization
Lemmon MA. Ligand-induced ErbB receptor dimerization. Experimental Cell Research 2008, 315: 638-648. PMID: 19038249, PMCID: PMC2667204, DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.10.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptor dimerizationEGF receptorCell surfaceStructural studiesReceptor tyrosine kinasesReceptor extracellular regionExtracellular regionSimple overexpressionImportant new insightsTyrosine kinaseIntact receptorCell transformationStructural predictionsWhole receptorErbB familyErbB receptorsEGF bindingNegative cooperativityMechanistic componentsKey mechanistic componentNew insightsDimerizationReceptorsHomodimerizationKinase