 Complement C4b
"Complement C4b" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The large fragment formed when COMPLEMENT C4 is cleaved by COMPLEMENT C1S. The membrane-bound C4b binds COMPLEMENT C2A, a SERINE PROTEASE, to form C4b2a (CLASSICAL PATHWAY C3 CONVERTASE) and subsequent C4b2a3b (CLASSICAL PATHWAY C5 CONVERTASE).
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D015935
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.486.274.350.260
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| Concept/Terms |
Complement C4b- Complement C4b
- C4b, Complement
- Complement 4b
- Complement Component 4b
- Component 4b, Complement
- C4b Complement
- Complement, C4b
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Complement C4b" by people in Profiles.
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Singh AK, Yadav VN, Pyaram K, Mullick J, Sahu A. Mapping of functional domains in herpesvirus saimiri complement control protein homolog: complement control protein domain 2 is the smallest structural unit displaying cofactor and decay-accelerating activities. J Virol. 2009 Oct; 83(19):10299-304.
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Yadav VN, Pyaram K, Mullick J, Sahu A. Identification of hot spots in the variola virus complement inhibitor (SPICE) for human complement regulation. J Virol. 2008 Apr; 82(7):3283-94.
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Mullick J, Singh AK, Panse Y, Yadav V, Bernet J, Sahu A. Identification of functional domains in kaposica, the complement control protein homolog of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (human herpesvirus 8). J Virol. 2005 May; 79(9):5850-6.
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