Carbohydrate-binding specificities of mouse ficolin A, a splicing variant of ficolin A and ficolin B and their complex formation with MASP-2 and sMAP

Immunogenetics

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 837-844

  Endo, Y ^a   Nakazawa, N ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Iwaki, D ^a   Takahashi, M ^a   Fujita, T ^a   Nakata, M ^b   Matsushita, M ^b  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Ficolin; Host defense; Lectin pathway; Mannose binding lectin (MBL); MBL associated serine protease (MASP)

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FICOLIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN ASSOCIATED SERINE PROTEASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT FICOLIN A; RECOMBINANT FICOLIN B; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; LECTINS; MANNOSE-BINDING PROTEIN-ASSOCIATED SERINE PROTEASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 29144489242     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-005-0058-1     Document Type: Article

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