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Substrate specificities of the protease of mouse serum Ra-reactive factor.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Mar 1995
Ogata R T, Low P J, Kawakami M
Abstract excerpt
Ra-reactive factor (RaRF) is a serum bactericidal factor whose function seems to be to activate C in a manner similar to that of C1, but with activation triggered by binding to bacterial polysaccharides instead of to immune complexes. It is composed of multiple polysaccharide-binding subunits associated with a novel serine protease, and its overall structural organization is similar to that of C1. This similarity...
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