Assays for the functional activity of the Manna-binding lectin pathway of complement activation

Immunobiology

Volumn 205, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 446-454

  Thiel, Steffen ^a   Møller Kristensen, Mette ^a   Jensen, Lisbeth ^a   Jensenius, Jens C ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; BUFFER; CARBOHYDRATE; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C2; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; MANNAN BINDING LECTIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 0036749282     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0171-2985-00145     Document Type: Article

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