Structural basis for the function of complement component C4 within the classical and lectin pathways of complement

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 194, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 5488-5496

  Mortensen, Sofia ^a   Kidmose, Rune T ^a   Petersen, Steen V ^a   Szilágyi, Ágnes ^b   Prohászka, Zoltan ^b   Andersen, Gregers R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; OPSONIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT LECTIN PATHWAY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C3-C5 CONVERTASES; COMPLEMENT C3B; COMPLEMENT C4B; COMPLEMENT C5; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, CLASSICAL; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; OPSONIN PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84929625665     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500087     Document Type: Article

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