Structure of C3b reveals conformational changes that underlie complement activity

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7116, 2006, Pages 213-216

  Janssen, Bert J C ^a   Christodoulidou, Agni ^b   McCarthy, Andrew ^c   Lambris, John D ^b   Gros, Piet ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BINDING ENERGY; CONFORMATIONS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

BINDING SITES; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES; MAMMALS; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

IMMUNOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; THIOESTER;

CELL ORGANELLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA SET; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MAMMAL; PROTEIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33750859976     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05172     Document Type: Article

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