How the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor changes its conformation when it binds to EGF. (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

How the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor changes its conformation when it binds to EGF.

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MIT chemists have discovered how the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor changes its conformation when it binds to EGF.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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