Ficolins and the lectin complement pathway

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 180, Issue , 2001, Pages 78-85

  Matsushita, Misao ^a   Fujita, Teizo ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FICOLIN DERIVATIVE; LECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; HUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLLECTINS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEDGEHOGS; HUMANS; LECTINS; MANNOSE; MANNOSE-BINDING PROTEIN-ASSOCIATED SERINE PROTEASES; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SELF TOLERANCE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SWINE;

EID: 0035015319     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065X.2001.1800107.x     Document Type: Review

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