Humoral opsonins of the tunicate, Pyura stolonifera

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 377-385

  Pearce, Sarina ^a   Newton, Rebecca A ^b   Nair, Sham V ^a   Raftos, David A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Complement; Lectin; Opsonization; Phagocytosis; Pyura stolonifera; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; OPSONIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYMPH; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCIDIA; PYURA STOLONIFERA;

EID: 0035019142     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(01)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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