Membrane Cofactor Protein
"Membrane Cofactor Protein" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A ubiquitously expressed complement receptor that binds COMPLEMENT C3B and COMPLEMENT C4B and serves as a co-factor for their inactivation by COMPLEMENT FACTOR I. It also interacts with a wide variety of pathogens and mediates the immune response.
| Descriptor ID |
D051916
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.486.274.920.124 D12.776.543.750.705.833.124
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| Concept/Terms |
Membrane Cofactor Protein- Membrane Cofactor Protein
- CD46 Antigens
- Antigens, CD46
- CD46 Antigen
- Antigen, CD46
- Trophoblast-Leukocyte Common Antigen
- Common Antigen, Trophoblast-Leukocyte
- Trophoblast Leukocyte Common Antigen
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