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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2022

Domain-Dependent Evolution Explains Functional Homology of Protostome and Deuterostome Complement C3-Like Proteins.

Maoxiao Peng, Zhi Li, João C R Cardoso, Donghong Niu, Xiaojun Liu, Zhiguo Dong, Jiale Li, Deborah M Power

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Inside job: Roles of intracellular C3.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2025
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  5. Immune cell type divergence in a basal chordate.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Maoxiao PengKey Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
Zhi LiKey Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
João C R CardosoComparative Endocrinology and Integrative Biology, Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Donghong NiuKey Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
Xiaojun LiuDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Jiaxing, China.
Zhiguo DongCo-Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bio-industry Technology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China.
Jiale LiKey Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.
Deborah M PowerComparative Endocrinology and Integrative Biology, Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Shanghai Ocean University · CNTsinghua University · CNUniversity of Algarve · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Complement proteins emerged early in evolution but outside the vertebrate clade they are poorly characterized. An evolutionary model of C3 family members revealed that in contrast to vertebrates the evolutionary trajectory of

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Complement C3InvertebratesAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsPhylogenySpecies SpecificityComplement C3C3-like protein a-subunitcomplement C3/C4/C5 familyconserved domainfunctional homologuesparallel evolution

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PMID35359984
PMCPMC8960428
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