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Regulated cleavage of a contact-mediated axon repellent.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 25 Aug 2000
Hattori M, Osterfield M, Flanagan J G
Abstract excerpt
Contact-mediated axon repulsion by ephrins raises an unresolved question: these cell surface ligands form a high-affinity multivalent complex with their receptors present on axons, yet rather than being bound, axons can be rapidly repelled. We show here that ephrin-A2 forms a stable complex with the metalloprotease Kuzbanian, involving interactions outside the cleavage region and the protease domain. Eph receptor...
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