Identification and characterization of serum complement activity in the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 133, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 165-169

  Merchant, Mark ^a   McFatter, Justin ^a   Mead, Stephanie ^a   McAdon, Charles ^a   Wasilewski, Joe ^b  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Natural Selections of South Florida Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Crocodylus acutus; Innate immunity; SRBC hemolysis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COMPLEMENT; EDETIC ACID; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE;

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT HEMOLYSIS TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEMOLYSIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; EDETIC ACID; HEMOLYSIS; SHEEP;

CROCODYLUS ACUTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 72449124140     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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