Factor C acts as a lipopolysaccharide-responsive C3 convertase in horseshoe crab complement activation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 7994-8001

  Ariki, Shigeru ^a,c   Takahara, Shusaku ^a   Shibata, Toshio ^a   Fukuoka, Takaaki ^a   Ozaki, Aya ^a   Endo, Yuichi ^b   Fujita, Teizo ^b   Koshiba, Takumi ^a   Kawabata, Shun Ichiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; ANTIBODY; CLASSICAL COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; HEMOCYANIN; LAMINARAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; ZYMOSAN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CLOTTING; CATALYSIS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LIMULUS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

EID: 71849099103     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.11.7994     Document Type: Article

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