An 18.5 kDa protein from the amebocyte of Limulus polyphemus, homologous to the previously described amebocyte aggregation factor, expresses alternative phospholipase A2 activity

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-44

  MacPherson, Jennifer C ^a,b   Jacobs, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amebocyte; Arachidonic acid; Granulocyte; Invertebrate immunology; Limulus polyphemus; Manoalide; Secreted phospholipase A2; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

AMEBOCYTE AGGREGATION FACTOR; MANOALIDE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL AGGREGATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; FEMALE; LIMULUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 0034283062     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(00)00236-4     Document Type: Article

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