Evolution and diversity of the complement system of poikilothermic vertebrates.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-065x.1998.tb01251.x

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Evolution and diversity of the complement system of poikilothermic vertebrates.

Immunological reviews - 1 Dec 1998

Sunyer J O, Lambris J D

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In mammals the complement system plays an important role in innate and acquired host defense mechanisms against infection and in various immunoregulatory processes. The complement system is an ancient defense mechanism that is already present in the invertebrate deuterostomes. In these species as...

Topics

Animals
Body Temperature Regulation
Complement System Proteins
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Variation
Humans
Mammals
Phylogeny
Vertebrates

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