The Two Sides of Complement C3d: Evolution of Electrostatics in a Link between Innate and Adaptive Immunity

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Kieslich, Chris A ^a   Morikis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; ELECTROSTATICS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANCIENT MECHANISMS; B CELLS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEMS; CORECEPTORS; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; HOTSPOTS; INNATE IMMUNITY; RECEPTOR COMPLEX; SYSTEM ACTIVATION;

DISSOCIATION;

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D; COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; FISH; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

AGNATHA;

EID: 84872017201     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002840     Document Type: Article

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