Membrane interaction of bound ligands contributes to the negative binding cooperativity of the EGF receptor.

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) plays a key role in regulating cell proliferation, migration, and differentiation, and aberrant EGFR signaling is implicated in a variety of cancers. EGFR signaling is triggered by extracellular ligand binding, which promotes EGFR dimerization and activati...

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Main Authors: Anton Arkhipov, Yibing Shan, Eric T Kim, David E Shaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-07-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4109842?pdf=render