A second form of collagenous lectin from the tunicate, Styela plicata

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-350

  Green, Peter ^a   Luty, Agnes ^a   Nair, Sham ^a   Radford, Jane ^a   Raftos, David ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Collagenous lectin; Collectin; Ficolin; Innate immunity; Styela plicata; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CATION; GALACTOSE; LECTIN; MONOMER; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SPLIC43 PROTEIN; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOSAN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BLOOD CELL; CHORDATA; HOST RESISTANCE; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; STYELA PLICATA; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

INVERTEBRATA; STYELA PLICATA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 33745274759     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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