Molecular mechanisms of complement component C6 deficiency; a hypervariable exon 6 region responsible for three of six reported defects

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 255-258

  Orren, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C6; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX;

COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; EDITORIAL; EXON; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEGRO; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY;

COMPLEMENT C6; EXONS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS;

EID: 0033979408     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2000.01141.x     Document Type: Editorial

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