A newly-identified polymorphism in rhesus macaque complement factor H modulates binding affinity for meningococcal FHbp

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Konar, Monica ^a   Beernink, Peter T ^a   Granoff, Dan M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H BINDING PROTEIN; DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FACTOR H-BINDING PROTEIN, NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84942436653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135996     Document Type: Article

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