Podack E R, Kolb W P, Muller-Eberhard H J
J Immunol. 1976 May;116(5):1431-4.
The membrane attack complex of complement (C5b-9) is identical in composition regardless of which pathway of activation was instrumental in its formation. Band V protein was consistently a subunit of the soluble complex. Since band V protein is not required for complement-dependent cytolysis, it probably represents a membrane site equivalent in serum of the nascent C5b-9 complex.
补体的膜攻击复合物（C5b-9），无论其通过何种激活途径形成，其组成都是相同的。V带蛋白始终是可溶性复合物的一个亚基。由于补体依赖性细胞溶解并不需要V带蛋白，它可能代表新生C5b-9复合物在血清中的一个膜位点等同物。
