Molecular aspects of innate and adaptive immunity /

This book brings together central themes covering proteins of the immune system with special emphasis on the protein chemistry of the system.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Reid, Kenneth B. M., 1943-, Sim, Robert B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, ©2008.
Temas:
Natural immunity.
Molecular immunology.
Immunochemistry.
Immune System Phenomena > genetics
Immunity, Innate
Immunochemistry
Immunité naturelle.
Immunologie moléculaire.
Immunochimie.
Biochemical immunology.
Molecular biology.
Chemistry.
MEDICAL > Immunology.
Science.
Molecular immunology
Natural immunity
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section 1. Antibodies. Chapter 1. R.R. Porter and the structure of antibodies / Lisa A. Steiner and Julian B. Fleischman
  • Chapter 2. Chemical engineering of therapeutic antibodies / George T. Stevenson and Weng Leong
  • Section 2. The complement system. Chapter 3. The evolution of complement systems / Alister W. Dodds
  • Chapter 4. Structure and function of the C1 complex : a historical perspective / Gérard J. Arlaud
  • Chapter 5. Complement components C3 and C4 / S.K. Alex Law
  • Chapter 6. Complement control proteins and receptors from FH to CR4 / Robert B. Sim [and others]
  • Chapter 7. Biology and genetics of complement C4 / Michael C. Carroll
  • Section 3. Collections and ficolins in innate immunity. Chapter 8. The structure of Mannan-binding lectin and its functional relevance / Jinhua Lu and Steffen Thiel
  • Chapter 9. Personal accounts of the discovery of MASP-2 and its role in the MBL pathway of complement activation / Thomas Vorup-Jensen and Jens Chr. Jensenius
  • Chapter 10. The structure and function of ficolins, MBLs and MASPs / Russell Wallis, Anders Krarup and Umakhanth Venkatraman Girija
  • Chapter 11. Surfactant protein D and glycoprotein 340 / Jens Madsen and Uffe Holmskov
  • Section 4. Cell surface proteins : immunoglobulin superfamily and integrins. Chapter 12. Leukocyte surface proteins : purification and characterization / A. Neil Barclay
  • Chapter 13. Cell surface integrins / Suet-Mien Tan and S.K. Alex Law
  • Section 5. Immunogenetics and major histocompatibility complex class III analysis. Chapter 14. Molecular genetics of the major histocompatibility complex class III region / R. Duncan Campbell, Wendy Thomson and Bernard Morley
  • Chapter 15. Functional characterization of major histocompatibility complex class III region genes / R. Duncan Campbell, Caroline M. Milner and Begona Aguado
  • Section 6. Hyaluronan-binding proteins in inflammation. Chapter 16. Hyaluronan-bind proteins in inflammation / Anthony J. Day [and others]
  • Subject index.

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