Methods for identifying inhibitors of integrin activation

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The invention features a method for inhibiting the ligand binding of an integrin in a cell involving introducing into the cell a compound which inhibits integrin activation, a method for identifying compounds which inhibit integrin activation, and chimeric integrin molecules.

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