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Els Saesen1, Stéphane Sarrazin, Cédric Laguri

  • 1Institut de Biologie Structurale, CNRS, CEA, University Grenoble Alpes, UMR 5075, 41 rue Horowitz, 38027, Grenoble cedex 01, France.

まとめ

ヘパリンとタンパク質の相互作用は,多くの生物学的機能に不可欠です. 研究者は,インターフェロン-ガンマ (IFNγ) に対するヘパリンの結合を研究し,結合運動学と特異性に影響する2つの主要なドメインを明らかにしました.

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