Production and purification of recombinants of mouse MASP-2 and sMAP

Journal of Endotoxin Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-50

  Iwaki, Daisuke ^a   Fujita, Teizo ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lectin complement pathway; Mannose binding lectin (MBL); MBL associated serine proteases (MASPs); Small MBL associated protein (sMAP)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT LECTIN PATHWAY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENE STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA SPLICING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C4; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MANNOSE-BINDING PROTEIN-ASSOCIATED SERINE PROTEASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 17344367227     PISSN: 09680519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096805105225006704     Document Type: Article

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