C1q knock-out mice for the study of complement deficiency in autoimmune disease

Experimental and Clinical Immunogenetics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 231-234

  Botto, Marina ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Complement; Deficiency; Gene targeting; Mice

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE TARGETING; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0032462810     PISSN: 02549670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000019076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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