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SUBMITTER: Wilmes S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4442803 | biostudies-other | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wilmes Stephan S Beutel Oliver O Li Zhi Z Francois-Newton Véronique V Richter Christian P CP Janning Dennis D Kroll Cindy C Hanhart Patrizia P Hötte Katharina K You Changjiang C Uzé Gilles G Pellegrini Sandra S Piehler Jacob J
The Journal of cell biology 20150501 4
Type I interferons (IFNs) activate differential cellular responses through a shared cell surface receptor composed of the two subunits, IFNAR1 and IFNAR2. We propose here a mechanistic model for how IFN receptor plasticity is regulated on the level of receptor dimerization. Quantitative single-molecule imaging of receptor assembly in the plasma membrane of living cells clearly identified IFN-induced dimerization of IFNAR1 and IFNAR2. The negative feedback regulator ubiquitin-specific protease 18 ...[more]