Ficolins and the fibrinogen-like domain

Immunobiology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 190-199

  Lu, Jinhua ^a   Le, Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; FIBRINOGEN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LIVER; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0031697412     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-2985(98)80026-0     Document Type: Article

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