Structural investigation of C4b-binding protein by molecular modeling: Localization of putative binding sites

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 391-405

  Villoutreix, Bruno O ^a   Härdig, Ylva ^a   Wallqvist, Anders ^b   Covell, David G ^c   De Frutos, Pablo García ^a   Dahlbäck, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood coagulation; C4b binding protein; Complement control protein; Protein modeling

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD CLOTTING; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPUTER MODEL; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT C4B; COMPLEMENT INACTIVATOR PROTEINS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0345215157     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19980601)31:4<391::AID-PROT6>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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