Molecular cloning and protein analysis of divergent forms of the complement component C3 from a bony fish, the common carp (Cyprinos carpio): Presence of variants lacking the catalytic histidine

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 858-866

  Nakao, Miki ^a   Mutsuro, Junichi ^a   Obo, Rie ^a   Fujiki, Kazuhiro ^a   Nonaka, Masaru ^b   Yano, Tomoki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

C3; Carp; Catalytic histidine; Complement; Thioester

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; HYDROXYL GROUP; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033995136     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200003)30:3<858::aid-immu858>3.3.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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