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CRIPPLING EFFECT [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Any of a dozen different blood proteins that collectively form an essential part of the immune system : when faced with foreign cells, these proteins are activated one after the other, in a domino-like effect, eventually forming rings which punch crippling holes in the cell-membranes of the interlopers. This is a good thing in the case of a bacterial invader, but less desirable when it happens to a transplanted organ.

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Key term(s)
  • complement system
  • factor D
  • complement-blocking drug
  • anti-complement protein

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
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