Factor h: a complement regulator in health and disease, and a mediator of cellular interactions.

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Published in Biomolecules on February 07, 2012

Authors

Anne Kopp1, Mario Hebecker2, Eliška Svobodová3, Mihály Józsi4

Author Affiliations

1: Junior Research Group Cellular Immunobiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena 07745, Germany. anne.braunschweig@hki-jena.de.
2: Junior Research Group Cellular Immunobiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena 07745, Germany. mario.hebecker@hki-jena.de.
3: Junior Research Group Cellular Immunobiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena 07745, Germany. eliska.svobodova@hki-jena.de.
4: Junior Research Group Cellular Immunobiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena 07745, Germany. mihaly.jozsi@gmx.net.

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