EGF activates its receptor by removing interactions that auto-inhibit ectodomain dimerization
Ferguson, K.M., Berger, M.B., Mendrola, J.M., Cho, H., Leahy, D.J., Lemmon, M.A.(2003) Mol Cell 11: 507-517
- PubMed: 12620237 
- DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(03)00047-9
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1NQL - PubMed Abstract: 
Epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor is the prototype of the ErbB (HER) family receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), which regulate cell growth and differentiation and are implicated in many human cancers. EGF activates its receptor by inducing dimerization of the 621 amino acid EGF receptor extracellular region ...