complement activation, alternative pathway

id: GO:0006957
name: complement activation, alternative pathway
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Any process involved in the activation of any of the steps of the alternative pathway of the complement cascade which allows for the direct killing of microbes and the regulation of other immune processes.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006956complement activation
GO:0045087innate immune response