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Human proto‐oncogene c‐kit: a new cell surface receptor tyrosine kinase for an unidentified ligand.

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Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Oncology +13

Stem cell factor is encoded at the SI locus of the mouse and is the ligand for the c-kit tyrosine kinase receptor

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The proto-oncogene c-kit encoding a transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor maps to the mouse W locus

Benoı̂t Chabot, Dennis A. Stephenson, Verne M. Chapman et al. · Nature · 1988 · 1.4K citations

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The dominant-white spotting (W) locus of the mouse encodes the c-kit proto-oncogene

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Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +11

Structure of the receptor for platelet-derived growth factor helps define a family of closely related growth factor receptors

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Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +14