Structure of the poly-C9 component of the complement membrane attack complex

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Dudkina, Natalya V ^a   Spicer, Bradley A ^b   Reboul, Cyril F ^b   Conroy, Paul J ^b   Lukoyanova, Natalya ^a   Elmlund, Hans ^b   Law, Ruby H P ^b   Ekkel, Susan M ^b   Kondos, Stephanie C ^b   Goode, Robert J A ^b   Ramm, Georg ^b   Whisstock, James C ^b   Saibil, Helen R ^a   Dunstone, Michelle A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; POLYMER;

FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPLEMENT C9; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERS;

EID: 84956936627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10588     Document Type: Article

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