The phosphocholine and the polycation-binding sites on rabbit C-reactive protein are structurally and functionally distinct

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1045-1054

  Black, Steven ^a   Agrawal, Alok ^a   Samols, David ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; C reactive protein; Inflammation; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; HISTONE; LIGAND; LYSINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYCATION; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; INFLAMMATION; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLID; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

MUS MUSCULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0038394552     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(03)00031-2     Document Type: Article

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