Two clusters of acidic amino acids near the NH2 terminus of complement component C4 α'-chain are important for C2 binding

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2518-2527

  Pan, Q ^a   Ebanks, R O ^a   Isenman, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C2; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4A; COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0034284191     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.5.2518     Document Type: Article

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