Structural insights into the recognition properties of human ficolins

Journal of Innate Immunity

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Garlatti, Virginie ^a   Martin, Lydie ^a   Lacroix, Monique ^a   Gout, Evelyne ^a   Arlaud, Gérard J ^a   Thielens, Nicole M ^a   Gaboriaud, Christine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate specificity; Complement; Ficolins; Innate immunity; Pattern Recognition Receptor; X ray structures

Indexed keywords

FICOLIN; L FICOLIN; M FICOLIN; MANNAN BINDING LECTIN ASSOCIATED SERINE PROTEINASE; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CARBOHYDRATES; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LECTINS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 77951237091     PISSN: 1662811X     EISSN: 16628128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000233475     Document Type: Review

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