SpC3, the complement homologue from the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, is expressed in two subpopulations of the phagocytic coelomocytes

Immunogenetics

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1034-1044

  Gross, P S ^a   Clow, L A ^a   Smith, L C ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C3; Coelomocyte; Complement; Evolution; Innate; Lipopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL SEPARATION; COMPLEMENT C3; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHAGOCYTES; SEA URCHINS;

EID: 0033770459     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510000234     Document Type: Article

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