Ancient origin of the complement lectin pathway revealed by molecular cloning of mannan binding protein-associated serine protease from a urochordate, the Japanese ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 6340-6345

  Ji, Xi ^a   Azumi, Kaoru ^b   Sasaki, Makoto ^a   Nonaka, Masaru ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLLECTINS; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT C3-C5 CONVERTASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; ECHINOIDEA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0001473574     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.12.6340     Document Type: Article

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