Ancient origin of the complement system: Emerging invertebrate models

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 598, Issue , 2007, Pages 372-388

  Pinto, Maria Rosaria ^a   Melillo, Daniela ^a   Giacomelli, Stefano ^a   Sfyroera, Georgia ^b   Lambris, John D ^b  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FICOLIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTHROPOD; CHORDATA; COELENTERATE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHINODERM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; INVERTEBRATE; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROCHORDATA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84934434710     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71767-8_26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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