Activin Receptors and Cellular Signaling by the Receptor Serine Kinase Family

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AN EMERGING theme in cell signaling research is the multifunctional nature of many growth factors and cytokines. Proteins purified based on distinct activities are often found to have identical structures; furthermore, different members of large growth factor families have similar, although subtly distinct, effects on diverse sets of cells. Such related factors often have related receptors, activation of which...

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