An antagonist peptide-EPO receptor complex suggests that receptor dimerization is not sufficient for activation.
Livnah, O., Johnson, D.L., Stura, E.A., Farrell, F.X., Barbone, F.P., You, Y., Liu, K.D., Goldsmith, M.A., He, W., Krause, C.D., Pestka, S., Jolliffe, L.K., Wilson, I.A.(1998) Nat Struct Biol 5: 993-1004
- PubMed: 9808045 
- DOI: 10.1038/2965
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1EBA - PubMed Abstract: 
Dimerization of the erythropoietin (EPO) receptor (EPOR), in the presence of either natural (EPO) or synthetic (EPO-mimetic peptides, EMPs) ligands is the principal extracellular event that leads to receptor activation. The crystal structure of the extra ...