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Analysis of the Short Consensus Repeats of Human Complement Factor B by Site-directed Mutagenesis
1 Aug 1995
Abstract excerpt
Human factor B is required for the initiation and propagation of the complement alternative pathway. It also participates in the amplification of the complement classical pathway. Alone, factor B is a zymogen with little known biochemical activity, but in the context of the alternative pathway convertases, the factor B serine protease is activated in a process that first involves the association with C3b and...
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