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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
Abstract excerpt
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 only activated by their specific cytokines, some functional overlap occurs as a result of receptor subunit promiscuity,...
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