Two lineages of mannose-binding lectin-associated serine protease (MASP) in vertebrates

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4924-4930

  Endo, Yuichi ^a   Takahashi, Minoru ^a   Nakao, Miki ^b   Saiga, Hidetoshi ^c   Sekine, Hideharu ^a   Matsushita, Misao ^a   Nonaka, Masaru ^d   Fujita, Teizo ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; LECTIN BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARPS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LAMPREYS; LECTINS; MANNOSE-BINDING PROTEIN-ASSOCIATED SERINE PROTEASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SHARKS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032212139     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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