Serum complement activity in the three-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma tridactylum)

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-121

  Major, Shanice R ^a   Fontenot Jr , Clifford L ^b   Pojman, John A ^c,c   Merchant, Mark E ^a  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphiuma; Innate immunity; Salamander; Serum complement

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; CHELATING AGENT; CITRIC ACID; COPPER ION; EDETIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; PHOSPHATE; PROTEINASE;

AMPHIUMA TRIDACTYLUM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEMOLYSIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; SALAMANDER; SERUM; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; CHELATING AGENTS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; EDETIC ACID; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; METALS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; URODELA;

AMPHIUMA; AMPHIUMA TRIDACTYLUM; ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951769784     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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