Structural basis and functional effects of the interaction between complement inhibitor C4b-binding protein and DNA

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-69

  Okroj, Marcin ^a   Jenkins, Huw T ^b   Herbert, Andrew P ^b   Barlow, Paul N ^b   Blom, Anna M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complement; DNA; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CLASSICAL COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARIN; LYSINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; DNA HELIX; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; COMPLEMENT C3-C5 CONVERTASES; COMPLEMENT C3B; COMPLEMENT C4B; DNA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HEPARIN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 52949106501     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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