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Structural Basis of Collagen Recognition by Integrin α2β1

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The crystal structure of a complex between the I domain of integrin alpha2beta1 and a triple helical collagen peptide containing a critical GFOGER motif is determined, suggesting both a basis for affinity regulation and a pathway for signal transduction.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 2000-03-31 and is currently open access. It has received 927 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Integrin alpha2.

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Integrins: Bidirectional, Allosteric Signaling Machines

TL;DR: Current structural and cell biological data suggest models for how integrins transmit signals between their extracellular ligand binding adhesion sites and their cytoplasmic domains, which link to the cytoskeleton and to signal transduction pathways.
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Cell migration: integrating signals from front to back.

TL;DR: The mechanisms underlying the major steps of migration and the signaling pathways that regulate them are described, and recent advances investigating the nature of polarity in migrating cells and the pathways that establish it are outlined.
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Collagen Structure and Stability

TL;DR: The fibrillar structure of type I collagen-the prototypical collagen fibril-has been revealed in detail and will guide further development of artificial collagenous materials for biomedicine and nanotechnology.
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Crystal Structure of the Extracellular Segment of Integrin αVβ3 in Complex with an Arg-Gly-Asp Ligand

TL;DR: The crystal structure of the extracellular segment of integrin αVβ3 in complex with a cyclic peptide presenting the Arg-Gly-Asp sequence is reported and ligand binding induces small changes in the orientation of αV relative to β3.
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Structural Basis of Integrin Regulation and Signaling

TL;DR: This review focuses on integrin structure as it relates to affinity modulation, ligand binding, outside-in signaling, and cell surface distribution dynamics.
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AMoRe: an automated package for molecular replacement

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Raster3D Version 2.0. A program for photorealistic molecular graphics.

TL;DR: Raster3D Version 2.0 is a program suite for the production of photorealistic molecular graphics images, and is particularly suited for use in producing large raster images of macromolecules for output to a film recorder or high-quality color printer.
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