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This structural/biochemical study provides compelling evidence that the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor kinase domain is activated through formation of an asymmetric dimer, in which the C-lobe of one kinase domain impinges on the N-lobe of the other kinase domain, activating the latter.
Stevan Hubbard
New York University School of Medicine, USA
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This paper reports the discovery and characterization of a new compound, platensimycin, that seems to have broad-spectrum, Gram-positive antibiotic activity by binding to the catalytic apparatus of a known antibacterial target FabF.
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Pfizer Inc., USA
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