Ephrin type-A receptor 7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EPHA7 gene.[1][2]
This gene belongs to the ephrin receptor subfamily of the protein-tyrosine kinase family. EPH and EPH-related receptors have been implicated in mediating developmental events, particularly in the nervous system. Receptors in the EPH subfamily typically have a single kinase domain and an extracellular region containing a Cys-rich domain and 2 fibronectin type III repeats. The ephrin receptors are divided into 2 groups based on the similarity of their extracellular domain sequences and their affinities for binding ephrin-A and ephrin-B ligands.[2]
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Further reading
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- Wilkinson DG (2001). "Multiple roles of EPH receptors and ephrins in neural development.". Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 2 (3): 155–64. doi:10.1038/35058515. PMID 11256076.
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- Gale NW, Holland SJ, Valenzuela DM, et al. (1996). "Eph receptors and ligands comprise two major specificity subclasses and are reciprocally compartmentalized during embryogenesis.". Neuron 17 (1): 9–19. doi:10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80276-7. PMID 8755474.
- Bonaldo MF, Lennon G, Soares MB (1997). "Normalization and subtraction: two approaches to facilitate gene discovery.". Genome Res. 6 (9): 791–806. doi:10.1101/gr.6.9.791. PMID 8889548.
- Ciossek T, Ullrich A (1997). "Identification of Elf-1 and B61 as high affinity ligands for the receptor tyrosine kinase MDK1.". Oncogene 14 (1): 35–43. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1200800. PMID 9010230.
- Hock B, Böhme B, Karn T, et al. (1998). "PDZ-domain-mediated interaction of the Eph-related receptor tyrosine kinase EphB3 and the ras-binding protein AF6 depends on the kinase activity of the receptor.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 (17): 9779–84. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.17.9779. PMID 9707552.
- Bianchi LM, Liu H (1999). "Comparison of ephrin-A ligand and EphA receptor distribution in the developing inner ear.". Anat. Rec. 254 (1): 127–34. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990101)254:1<127::AID-AR16>3.0.CO;2-Q. PMID 9892426.
- Janis LS, Cassidy RM, Kromer LF (1999). "Ephrin-A binding and EphA receptor expression delineate the matrix compartment of the striatum.". J. Neurosci. 19 (12): 4962–71. PMID 10366629.
- Stubbs J, Palmer A, Vidovic M, Marotte LR (2000). "Graded expression of EphA3 in the retina and ephrin-A2 in the superior colliculus during initial development of coarse topography in the wallaby retinocollicular projection.". Eur. J. Neurosci. 12 (10): 3626–36. doi:10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00251.x. PMID 11029633.
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