Characterization of the serum complement activity of the broad- snouted caiman Caiman latirostris (Crocodilia: Alligatoridae)

Zoological Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-70

  Siroski, Pablo A ^a,b   Merchant, Mark ^c   Marcó, María Virginia Parachú ^a,d   Piña, Carlos I ^a,d   Ortega, Hugo H ^e  

^a Proyecto Yacaré ^*  (Argentina)

^b Laboratorio Central de la Provincia de Santa Fe   (Argentina)

^c MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cen de Invest Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnologia a la Produccion CICyTTP CONICET   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crocodilians; Ectothermics; Hemolytic assay; Immunology; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; CAIMAN; CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS JOHNSONI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77953612915     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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