Receptors of the cytokine superfamily: mechanisms of activation and involvement in disease.

doi:10.1016/s0950-3536(97)80023-6

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Receptors of the cytokine superfamily: mechanisms of activation and involvement in disease.

Bailliere's clinical haematology - 1 Sept 1997

Woodcock J M, Bagley C J, Lopez A F

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Cytokine receptors are members of a diverse family of proteins that serve the dual function of recognizing their cognate ligands among a plethora of other factors and of initiating a series of cellular signals that ultimately lead to multiple cellular functions. Although cytokine receptors are on...

Topics

Animals
Hematologic Diseases
Hematopoiesis
Humans
Mutation
Receptors, Cytokine
Signal Transduction

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