The strength and cooperativity of KIT ectodomain contacts determine normal ligand-dependent stimulation or oncogenic activation in cancer.
Reshetnyak, A.V., Opatowsky, Y., Boggon, T.J., Folta-Stogniew, E., Tome, F., Lax, I., Schlessinger, J.(2015) Mol Cell 57: 191-201
- PubMed: 25544564 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.11.021
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4PGZ - PubMed Abstract: 
The receptor tyrosine kinase KIT plays an important role in development of germ cells, hematopoietic cells, and interstitial pacemaker cells. Oncogenic KIT mutations play an important "driver" role in gastrointestinal stromal tumors, acute myeloid leukem ...