Purification and characterization of the eighth and ninth components of carp complement

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 925-932

  Uemura, Takeshi ^a   Yano, Tomoki ^a   Shiraishi, Hideto ^a   Nakao, Miki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C8; C9; Carp; Complement; Cyprinus carpio; Isolation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C8; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9;

ARTICLE; CARP; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CARPS; COMPLEMENT C8; COMPLEMENT C9; HEMOLYSIS;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030221908     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(96)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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