Yeast recombinant factor C from horseshoe crab binds endotoxin and causes bacteriostasis

Journal of Endotoxin Research

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 391-400

  Pui, A W M ^a   Ho, B ^b   Ding, J L ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; ENDOTOXIN; FACTOR C; LIPID A; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOSTASIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMYCETALES; ENDOTOXEMIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIMULUS; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARCINOSCORPIUS ROTUNDICAUDA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA; NEGIBACTERIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031399222     PISSN: 09680519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096805199700400602     Document Type: Article

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