Kate L Wegener1, Anthony W Partridge, Jaewon Han

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, England, UK.

Cell
|January 16, 2007
PubMed
概括

塔林与整合素尾结合会激活它们,这对发育和疾病至关重要. 研究人员确定了这种激活所需的特定的塔林-整合素接触点,从而使潜在的新疗法成为可能.

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