A novel dimer configuration revealed by the crystal structure at 2.4 A resolution of human interleukin-5.
Milburn, M.V., Hassell, A.M., Lambert, M.H., Jordan, S.R., Proudfoot, A.E., Graber, P., Wells, T.N.(1993) Nature 363: 172-176
- PubMed: 8483502 
- DOI: 10.1038/363172a0
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1HUL - PubMed Abstract: 
Interleukin-5 (IL-5) is a lineage-specific cytokine for eosinophilpoiesis and plays an important part in diseases associated with increased eosinophils, such as asthma. Human IL-5 is a disulphide-linked homodimer with 115 amino-acid residues in each chain ...