Molecular organization of human Ficolin-2

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-411

  Hummelshoj, Tina ^a   Thielens, Nicole M ^b   Madsen, Hans O ^a   Arlaud, Gérard J ^a   Sim, Robert B ^c   Garred, Peter ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^c MRC Immunochemistry Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complement; Ficolin; Innate immunity; Lectin; Mannose binding lectin; Structure

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; HOMODIMER; HUMAN FICOLIN 2; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHO CELL; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; GEL FILTRATION; LIGAND BINDING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SUCROSE DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ANIMALS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CHO CELLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; LECTINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 33748134380     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.02.023     Document Type: Article

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