The alternative pathway of complement: A pattern recognition system

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 598, Issue , 2007, Pages 80-92

  Zipfel, Peter F ^a,b   Mihlan, Michael ^a   Skerka, Christine ^a  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84934437579     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71767-8_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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