Binding of human complement C8 to C9: Role of the N-terminal modules in the C8α subunit

Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 49, 2002, Pages 14546-14551

  Scibek, Jeffery J ^a,b   Plumb, Mnason E ^a   Sodetz, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; DIMERS; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEINS;

HEMOLYTIC ACTIVITY;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C8; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C8A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C8B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; THROMBOSPONDIN 1;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; COMPLEMENT C8; COMPLEMENT C9; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; COS CELLS; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, LDL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; THROMBOSPONDIN 1;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC);

EID: 0037058875     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi026641j     Document Type: Article

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