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Epidermal growth factor receptor in relation to tumor development: EGFR gene and cancer.
The FEBS journal - 1 Jan 2010
Mitsudomi Tetsuya, Yatabe Yasushi
Abstract excerpt
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and its three related proteins (the ERBB family) are receptor tyrosine kinases that play essential roles in both normal physiological conditions and cancerous conditions. Upon binding its ligands, dynamic conformational changes occur in both extracellular and intracellular domains of the receptor tyrosine kinases, resulting in the transphosphorylation of tyrosine residues...
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