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Molecular basis for complement component 6 (C6) deficiency in rats and mice.
Immunobiology - 1 Jan 2004
Bhole Deepak, Stahl Gregory L
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Complement component C6 is a part of the lytic membrane attack complex formed during complement activation. Animal modeling to define the role of C5a vs. C5b-9 in human disease has used rodents deficient in C6, yet the molecular basis for the deficiencies has not been ascertained. Oligonucleotides derived from a 493 bp EST sequence of the rat C6 gene were used to isolate full-length transcripts of rat C6 mRNA....
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