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Complement Genes in the Asterids Comparisons with the Echinids (Echinoderma)

Michel Leclerc1
  • 1 Immunologie Des Invertébrés Université d’Orléans 45100 Orléans Cedex 2, France

Abstract

The axial organ of the sea star Asterias rubens (Asterid) is a primitive immune organ. The B-like cells, when stimulated by various antigens, produce antibody substances correlating with ig kappa genes. On the other hand, component complement genes were found. For each component, one or several contigs were analysed. It is said that Asterias forbesi, another sea-star, in earlier results, showed complement-like activity. A brief comparison with the complement system in sea urchin (Echinid) was performed, especially about the C3 component.

American Journal of Immunology
Volume 9 No. 1, 2013, 26-29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajisp.2013.26.29

Submitted On: 11 March 2013 Published On: 26 February 2013

How to Cite: Leclerc, M. (2013). Complement Genes in the Asterids Comparisons with the Echinids (Echinoderma). American Journal of Immunology, 9(1), 26-29. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajisp.2013.26.29

Open AccessCopyright: © 2013 Michel Leclerc. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Echinid
  • Asterias Rubens
  • Component
  • Echinoderma