Biologically active Eph family ligands

摘要

A novel ligand (Efl-6) that binds the Elk subfamily of Eph receptors is identified, and methods for making the soluble Elf-6 ligand in biologically active form is described. A cDNA clone encoding this novel protein enables production of the recombinant protein, which is useful to support neuronal and other eph receptor-bearing cell populations.