Terminal components of carp complement constituting a membrane attack complex

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 933-937

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

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

carp Cyprinus carpio; Complement; Membrane attack complex; Terminal complement components

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5B; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARP; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARPS; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OSTEICHTHYES;

EID: 0030222015     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(96)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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