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ArticleThe EMBO journal2017

Conformational equilibria and intrinsic affinities define integrin activation.

Jing Li, Yang Su, Wei Xia, Yan Qin, Martin J Humphries, Dietmar Vestweber, Carlos Cabañas, Chafen Lu, Timothy A Springer

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers.

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97citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

97 citing papers in PubMed, 146 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Jing LiProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Yang SuProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Wei XiaProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Yan QinProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Martin J HumphriesWellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Dietmar VestweberMax-Planck-Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany.
Carlos CabañasCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM) and Departamento de Microbiología I Facultad de Medicina UCM, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8767-060X
Chafen LuProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Timothy A SpringerProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA timothy.springer@childrens.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6627-2904
Boston Children's Hospital · USCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa · ESMax Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine · DEWellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research · GB

Funding

Structures of Alpha 4 Integrins, Ligands and AntagonistsP01HL103526 · NHLBI · IMMUNE DISEASE INSTITUTE, INC. · PI SPRINGER, TIMOTHY A · 2011 to 2015
$11.1M
Structures and Conformational Equilibria of Integrin alpha5 beta1R01HL131729 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI SPRINGER, TIMOTHY A · 2016 to 2024
$4.7M
Cancer Research UK 21671NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL103526NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL131729
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We show that the three conformational states of integrin α

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Cell LineHumansIntegrin alpha5beta1Models, MolecularProtein BindingProtein ConformationThermodynamicsIntegrin alpha5beta1affinityconformationintegrinN‐glycanthermodynamics

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PMID28122868
PMCPMC5331762
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