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CD55 Antigens  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • GPI-linked membrane proteins broadly distributed among hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cells. CD55 prevents the assembly of C3 CONVERTASE or accelerates the disassembly of preformed convertase, thus blocking the formation of the membrane attack complex.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Antigens, CD55
  • CD55 Antigen
  • Complement Decay-Accelerating Factor
  • Decay-Accelerating Factor

In other languages

  • French

  • Antigène CD55
  • CD55
  • Facteur accélérateur de dissociation
  • Facteur DAF

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-B7GG39L0-K

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