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The properdin system and immunity. III. The zymosan assay of properdin.

The Journal of experimental medicine ·Vol. 103 ·No. 1 ·1956-01-01 ·Pages 1-13

PILLEMER L, BLUM L, LEPOW IH, WURZ L, TODD EW

Abstract

A detailed method for the zymosan assay of properdin is described, together with procedures for the preparation and standardization of reagents employed in the test. The reliability and reproducibility of the assay, as well as its limitations, are discussed.

Keywords
IMMUNITY SERUM GLOBULIN YEASTS
MeSH Terms
Humans Immunity Properdin Reproducibility of Results Serum Globulins Yeasts Zymosan
Chemicals
Serum Globulins Properdin Zymosan
Authors & Affiliations
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PILLEMER L
BLUM L
LEPOW I H
WURZ L
TODD E W
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Article Info
Journal
The Journal of experimental medicine
Abbr.
J Exp Med
ISSN
0022-1007
DOI
10.1084/jem.103.1.1
Published
1956-01-01
Pages
1-13
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985109R
PMCID
PMC2136566
Subset
OM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1084/jem.103.1.1 PMC Full Text View journal details
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