A plasma protein isolated from brown shrimp (Penaeus californiensis) which enhances the activation of prophenoloxidase system by β-1,3-glucan

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 299-306

  Vargas Albores, Francisco ^a,c   Jiménez Vega, Flor ^a   Söderhäll, Kenneth ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Penaeus californiensis; Prophenoloxidase system; Shrimp immunology; 1,3 glucan binding protein

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BINDING PROTEIN; ENZYME PRECURSOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PLASMA PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHRIMP;

EID: 0030236354     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(96)00007-9     Document Type: Article

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