The cleavage of two C1s subunits by a single active C1r reveals substantial flexibility of the C1s-C1r-C1r-C1s tetramer in the C1 complex

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2048-2051

  Lorincz, Z ^a   Gal, P ^a   Dobo, J ^a   Cseh, S ^a   Szilagyi, K ^a   Ambrus, G ^a   Zavodszky, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; COMPLEX FORMATION; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0034663879     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.4.2048     Document Type: Article

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