Presence and Characterization of Complement-like Activity in the Amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1207-1214

  Zhang, Shicui ^a   Wang, Changfa ^a   Wang, Yongjun ^a   Wei, Ran ^a   Jiang, Guohu ^b   Ju, Hong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Qingdao No 9 People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative pathway (AP); Amphioxus; Complement 3 (C3); Hemolytic activity; Humoral fluid

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DIVALENT CATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOASSAY; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOASSAY; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHORDATA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346955668     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.1207     Document Type: Article

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