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A single amino acid substitution in the activation loop defines the decoy characteristic of VEGFR-1/FLT-1.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 13 Jan 2006
Meyer Rosana D, Mohammadi Moosa, Rahimi Nader
Abstract excerpt
VEGFR-1 is a kinase-defective receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) and negatively modulates angiogenesis by acting as a decoy receptor. The decoy characteristic of VEGFR-1 is required for normal development and angiogenesis. To date, there is no molecular explanation for this unusual characteristic of VEGFR-1. Here we show that the molecular mechanisms underlying the decoy characteristic of VEGFR-1 is linked to the...
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