Antibacterial properties of serum from the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 505-513

  Merchant, Mark E ^a   Roche, Cherie ^a   Elsey, Ruth M ^b   Prudhomme, Jan ^a  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator mississippiensis; Antibacterial; Antimicrobial; Crocodilian; Serum

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0242334116     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00256-2     Document Type: Article

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