A second serine protease associated with mannan-binding lectin that activates complement

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6624, 1997, Pages 506-510

  Thiel, Steffen ^a   Vorup Jensen, Thomas ^a   Stover, Cordula M ^b   Schwaeble, Wilhelm ^b   Laursen, Steen B ^a   Poulsen, Knud ^a   Willis, Anthony C ^c   Eggleton, Paul ^c   Hansen, Søren ^a   Holmskov, Uffe ^d   Reid, Kenneth B M ^c   Jensenius, Jens C ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; MANNAN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLLECTINS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C4; HUMANS; LECTINS; LIVER; MANNOSE-BINDING PROTEIN-ASSOCIATED SERINE PROTEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0030950185     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386506a0     Document Type: Article

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