The ancient origin of the complement system

EMBO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 382-394

  Zhu, Yong ^a   Thangamani, Saravanan ^a   Ho, Bow ^a   Ding, Jeak Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Complement; Evolution; Innate immunity; Protostome

Indexed keywords

LECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL FUNCTION; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; COMPLEX FORMATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIMULUS; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HORSESHOE CRABS; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; CARCINOSCORPIUS ROTUNDICAUDA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13444269022     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600533     Document Type: Article

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