A complement component C3-like protein from the tunicate, Styela plicata

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 307-312

  Raftos, D A ^a   Nair, S V ^b   Robbins, J ^a   Newton, R A ^c   Peters, R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascidian; C3; Complement; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3 LIKE PROTEIN; DIMER; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYMPH; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASCIDIA; HALOCYNTHIA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; STYELA; STYELA PLICATA;

EID: 0036120959     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(01)00080-5     Document Type: Article

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