Opsonic complement system of the solitary ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 421-427

  Nonaka, Masaru ^a   Azumi, Kaoru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b H   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; C3; Complement; Innate immunity; Lectin pathway; MASP; Opsonin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BODY FLUID; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; HEPATOPANCREAS; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032989492     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00021-X     Document Type: Article

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