Gene Review:
C2 - complement component 2 (within H-2S)
Mus musculus
Synonyms:
C3/C5 convertase, Complement C2, classical-complement pathway C3/C5 convertase
- Local extrahepatic expression of complement genes C3, factor B, C2, and C4 is increased in murine lupus nephritis. Passwell, J., Schreiner, G.F., Nonaka, M., Beuscher, H.U., Colten, H.R. J. Clin. Invest. (1988)
- Regulation of human and murine complement: comparison of 5' structural and functional elements regulating human and murine complement factor B gene expression. Nonaka, M., Gitlin, J.D., Colten, H.R. Mol. Cell. Biochem. (1989)
- Alterations in estradiol metabolism in MCF-7 cells induced by treatment with indole-3-carbinol and related compounds. Niwa, T., Swaneck, G., Bradlow, H.L. Steroids (1994)
- The molecular genetics of components of complement. Campbell, R.D., Carroll, M.C., Porter, R.R. Adv. Immunol. (1986)
- Upstream sequence elements enhance poly(A) site efficiency of the C2 complement gene and are phylogenetically conserved. Moreira, A., Wollerton, M., Monks, J., Proudfoot, N.J. EMBO J. (1995)
- Orientation and molecular map position of the complement genes in the mouse MHC. Müller, U., Stephan, D., Philippsen, P., Steinmetz, M. EMBO J. (1987)
- Murine complement C2 and factor B genomic and cDNA cloning reveals different mechanisms for multiple transcripts of C2 and B. Ishikawa, N., Nonaka, M., Wetsel, R.A., Colten, H.R. J. Biol. Chem. (1990)
- A targeted disruption of the murine complement factor B gene resulting in loss of expression of three genes in close proximity, factor B, C2, and D17H6S45. Taylor, P.R., Nash, J.T., Theodoridis, E., Bygrave, A.E., Walport, M.J., Botto, M. J. Biol. Chem. (1998)
- Subdivision of the S region of the mouse major histocompatibility complex by identification of genomic polymorphisms of the class III genes. Sackstein, R., Roos, M.H., Démant, P., Colten, H.R. Immunogenetics (1984)
- Constitutive and IL 1-regulated murine complement gene expression is strain and tissue specific. Falus, A., Beuscher, H.U., Auerbach, H.S., Colten, H.R. J. Immunol. (1987)
- gamma-Interferon increases expression of class III complement genes C2 and factor B in human monocytes and in murine fibroblasts transfected with human C2 and factor B genes. Strunk, R.C., Cole, F.S., Perlmutter, D.H., Colten, H.R. J. Biol. Chem. (1985)
- Human complement protein C2. Alternative splicing generates templates for secreted and intracellular C2 proteins. Akama, H., Johnson, C.A., Colten, H.R. J. Biol. Chem. (1995)
- Characterisation of cartilage intermediate layer protein (CILP)-induced arthropathy in mice. Yao, Z., Nakamura, H., Masuko-Hongo, K., Suzuki-Kurokawa, M., Nishioka, K., Kato, T. Ann. Rheum. Dis. (2004)
- A 100-kDa protein in the C4-activating component of Ra-reactive factor is a new serine protease having module organization similar to C1r and C1s. Takayama, Y., Takada, F., Takahashi, A., Kawakami, M. J. Immunol. (1994)
- The C4 and C2 but not C1 components of complement are responsible for the complement activation triggered by the Ra-reactive factor. Ji, Y.H., Matsushita, M., Okada, H., Fujita, T., Kawakami, M. J. Immunol. (1988)
- Antibodies against the C2 COOH-terminal region discriminate the active and latent forms of the multicatalytic proteinase complex. Arribas, J., Arizti, P., Castaño, J.G. J. Biol. Chem. (1994)
- Biochemical evidence for the existence of a pool of unassembled C2 exon-containing NR1 subunits of the mammalian forebrain NMDA receptor. Chazot, P.L., Stephenson, F.A. J. Neurochem. (1997)
- Complement C2 receptor inhibitor trispanning and the beta-chain of C4 share a binding site for complement C2. Inal, J.M., Schifferli, J.A. J. Immunol. (2002)
- Structural polymorphism of mouse complement C2 detected by microscale peptide mapping: linkage to H-2. Takahashi, S., Fukuoka, Y., Moriwaki, K., Okuda, T., Tachibana, T., Natsuume-Sakai, S., Takahashi, M. Immunogenetics (1984)
- Monoclonal anti-human C4b antibodies: stabilization and inhibition of the classical-pathway C3 convertase. Ichihara, C., Nakamura, T., Nagasawa, S., Koyama, J. Mol. Immunol. (1986)
- Regulation of complement protein biosynthesis in mononuclear phagocytes. Colten, H.R., Strunk, R.C., Perlmutter, D.H., Cole, F.S. Ciba Found. Symp. (1986)
- Structure and expression of the mouse apolipoprotein C2 gene. Hoffer, M.J., van Eck, M.M., Havekes, L.M., Hofker, M.H., Frants, R.R. Genomics (1993)
- Molecular cloning and linkage analysis of the Japanese medaka fish complement Bf/C2 gene. Kuroda, N., Wada, H., Naruse, K., Simada, A., Shima, A., Sasaki, M., Nonaka, M. Immunogenetics (1996)