Unique structure of iC3b resolved at a resolution of 24 Å by 3D-electron microscopy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 13236-13240

  Alcorlo, Martin ^a   Martínez Barricarte, Ruben ^a,b   Fernández, Francisco J ^a   Rodríguez Gallego, César ^a   Round, Adam ^c   Vega, M Cristina ^a   Harris, Claire L ^d   Rodríguez De Cordoba, Santiago ^a,b   Llorca, Oscar ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1R; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT FACTOR I; EMBRYONIC GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; MACROGLOBULIN; PROCOLLAGEN C PROTEINASE; THIOESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RADIATION SCATTERING; THIOESTER CONTAINING DOMAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMPLEMENT C3B; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3B; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SOLUTIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80051954590     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106746108     Document Type: Article

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