Publication Date:
1981-10-30
Description:
The complement system of the nurse shark was investigated. Six functionally pure components were isolated from a single serum sample. Sequential reactions of the components with sensitized sheep erythrocytes resulted in membrane lesions indistinguishable from the "holes" caused by guinea pig complement.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Jensen, J A -- Festa, E -- Smith, D S -- Cayer, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1981 Oct 30;214(4520):566-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7291995" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
;
Biological Evolution
;
Complement System Proteins/*physiology
;
Erythrocyte Membrane/immunology
;
Hemolysis
;
Sharks/*immunology
;
Sheep
;
Species Specificity
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
,
Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
Permalink