Crystal structures of NK1-heparin complexes reveal the basis for NK1 activity and enable engineering of potent agonists of the MET receptor.

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Published in EMBO J on October 15, 2001

Authors

D Lietha1, D Y Chirgadze, B Mulloy, T L Blundell, E Gherardi

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1: Growth Factors Group, MRC Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK.

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