The phylogeny and evolution of the thioester bond-containing proteins C3, C4 and α2-macroglobulin

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 15-26

  Dodds, Alister W ^a   Law, S K Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; THIOESTER;

CHEMICAL BOND; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT C4; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0032416611     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1998.tb01249.x     Document Type: Review

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