Phylogenetic analysis of the homologous proteins of the terminal complement complex supports the emergence of C6 and C7 followed by C8 and C9

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 282-289

  Mondragón Palomino, Mariana ^a   Piñero, Daniel ^b   Nicholson Weller, Anne ^c   Laclette, Juan P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complement system; Evolution; Membrane attack complex; Perforin; Terminal complement complex

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C6; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C7; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C8; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; PERFORIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT C5; COMPLEMENT C5B; COMPLEMENT C6; COMPLEMENT C7; COMPLEMENT C8; COMPLEMENT C9; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; RABBITS; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME;

EID: 0032770518     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006550     Document Type: Article

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