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Molecular Modeling of the Extracellular Domain of the RET Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Reveals Multiple Cadherin-like Domains and a Calcium-binding Site

Jonas Anders, +2 more
- 21 Sep 2001 - 
- Vol. 276, Iss: 38, pp 35808-35817
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The models of the cadherin-like domains of human RET represent valuable tools with which to guide future site-directed mutagenesis studies aimed at identifying residues involved in ligand binding and receptor activation.
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This article is published in Journal of Biological Chemistry.The article was published on 2001-09-21 and is currently open access. It has received 167 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret & Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor.

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The GDNF family: Signalling, biological functions and therapeutic value

TL;DR: Members of the nerve growth factor and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor families — comprising neurotrophins and GDNF-family ligands (GFLs) — are crucial for the development and maintenance of distinct sets of central and peripheral neurons.
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Involvement of Members of the Cadherin Superfamily in Cancer

TL;DR: The role of cadherins and cadherin-related proteins in human cancer is reviewed, including E-cadherin, the prototype of the large cadher in superfamily, which is renowned for its potent malignancy suppressing activity.
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Quinoline as a Privileged Scaffold in Cancer Drug Discovery

TL;DR: In vitro and in vivo anticancer activities of quinoline and its analogs are focused on in the context of cancer drug development and refinement, and selective and specific activity against various cancer drug targets are reviewed.
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RET tyrosine kinase signaling in development and cancer.

TL;DR: The role and mechanisms of RET signaling in development and carcinogenesis are reviewed and a deeper understanding of the molecular signaling of normal versus abnormal RET activity in cancer will enable the development of potential new treatments for patients with sporadic and inherited thyroid cancer or MEN 2 syndrome.
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RET revisited: expanding the oncogenic portfolio

TL;DR: The complex roles of RET in homeostasis and survival of neural lineages and in tumour-associated inflammation might also suggest potential long-term pitfalls of broadly targeting RET.
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PROCHECK: a program to check the stereochemical quality of protein structures

TL;DR: The PROCHECK suite of programs as mentioned in this paper provides a detailed check on the stereochemistry of a protein structure and provides an assessment of the overall quality of the structure as compared with well refined structures of the same resolution.
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SWISS-MODEL and the Swiss-PdbViewer: an environment for comparative protein modeling.

Nicolas Guex, +1 more
- 01 Jan 1997 - 
TL;DR: An environment for comparative protein modeling is developed that consists of SWISS‐MODEL, a server for automated comparativeprotein modeling and of the SWiss‐PdbViewer, a sequence to structure workbench that provides a large selection of structure analysis and display tools.
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TreeView : an application to display phylogenetic trees on personal computers

TL;DR: TreeView is a simple, easy to use phylogenetic tree viewing utility that runs under both MacOS (on Apple Macintosh computers) and under Microsoft Windows on Intel based computers, the two most common personal computers used by biologists.
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The Protein Data Bank: a computer-based archival file for macromolecular structures.

TL;DR: The Protein Data Bank is a computer-based archival file for macromolecular structures that stores in a uniform format atomic co-ordinates and partial bond connectivities, as derived from crystallographic studies.
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WHAT IF: A molecular modeling and drug design program

TL;DR: The menu-driven operation of WHAT IF, combined with the use of default values wherever user input is required, makes it very easy to use for a novice user while keeping full flexibility for more sophisticated studies.
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