"Antigens, CD55" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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GPI-linked membrane proteins broadly distributed among hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cells. CD55 prevents the assembly of C3 CONVERTASE or accelerates the disassembly of preformed convertase, thus blocking the formation of the membrane attack complex.
| Descriptor ID |
D018958
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.395.550.448.130 D12.776.543.484.500.130 D12.776.543.550.418.130
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| Concept/Terms |
CD55 Antigens- CD55 Antigens
- CD55 Antigen
- Complement Decay-Accelerating Factor
- Complement Decay Accelerating Factor
- Decay-Accelerating Factor, Complement
- Antigens, CD55
- Decay-Accelerating Factor
- Decay Accelerating Factor
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