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1Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. e.hohenester@imperial.ac.uk
Structure (London, England : 1993)
|November 15, 2011
Abstract:
The recognition of pathogen surfaces by mannan-binding lectin activates MASP proteases, leading to complement activation. A crystal structure by Gingras et al. (2011) in this issue of Structure now shows how the collagen-like stems of mannan-binding lectin bind MASP-1 through a minimalist set of interactions.

