Complement in BuB/BnJ mice revisited: Serum C3 levels and complement opsonic activity are not elevated

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1722-1725

  Osmers, Inga ^a   Szalai, Alexander J ^a,b   Tenner, Andrea J ^c   Barnum, Scott R ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C3; Complement; Mouse strains; Opsonization

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; OPSONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYSIS; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OPSONIN PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644547000     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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