Coelomocytes express SpBf, a homologue of factor B, the second component in the sea urchin complement system

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 6784-6793

  Smith, L Courtney ^a,b   Shih, Chi Schin ^b   Dachenhausen, Sebastian G ^b,c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c LAC+USC Medical Center

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLASMID DNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINODERM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEA URCHINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0032534585     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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