A Short Consensus Repeat-Containing Complement Regulatory Protein of Lamprey That Participates in Cleavage of Lamprey Complement 3
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A short consensus repeat-containing complement regulatory protein of lamprey that participates in cleavage of lamprey complement 3.
The prototype of the short consensus repeat (SCR)-containing C regulatory protein is of interest in view of its evolutionary significance with regard to the origin of the C regulatory system. Lamprey is an agnathan fish that belongs to the lowest class of vertebrates. Because it does not possess lymphocytes, it lacks Ig and consequently the classical C pathway. We identified an SCR-containing C...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Immunology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0022-1767,1550-6606
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.2.1118