Occurrence of structural specialization of the serine protease domain of complement factor B at the emergence of jawed vertebrates and adaptive immunity

Immunogenetics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 250-254

  Terado, Tokio ^b   Smith, Sylvia L ^c   Nakanishi, Teruyuki ^d   Nonaka, Mayumi I ^a   Kimura, Hiroshi ^b   Nonaka, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Veterinary Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cartilaginous fish; Complement factor B; Evolution; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; CLASSICAL COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; SERINE PROTEINASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOSTOME; GENE DUPLICATION; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEA URCHIN; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT FACTOR B; FISHES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ECHINOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035005842     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510100317     Document Type: Article

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