The phylogeny of the complement system and the origins of the classical pathway

Immunobiology

Volumn 212, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 233-243

  Dodds, Alister W ^a   Matsushita, Misao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Classical pathway; Complement; Evolution

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CARBOHYDRATE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; LECTIN; MANNAN BINDING LECTIN ASSOCIATED SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; COELENTERATE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; ECHINODERM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FISH; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LAMPREY; MAMMAL; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SPECIES; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 34249697602     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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