The complement system of the goat: Haemolytic assays and isolation of major proteins

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Moreno Indias, Isabel ^a,b   Dodds, Alister W ^b   Argüello, Anastasio ^a   Castro, Noemi ^a   Sim, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C1q; C3; Complement system; Factor H; Goat

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPLEMENT HEMOLYSIS TEST; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GOAT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; COMPLEMENT HEMOLYTIC ACTIVITY ASSAY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOATS; HUMANS; RABBITS;

EID: 84862661585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-91     Document Type: Article

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