Hemocytes Release Phenoloxidase upon Contact Reaction, an Allogeneic Interaction, in the Ascidian Halocynthia roretzi.
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Hemocytes release phenoloxidase upon contact reaction, an allogeneic interaction, in the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi.
Contact reaction is the morphological expression of allogeneic recognition by hemocytes in the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi; namely they undergo an exocytotic burst upon contact with non-self (allogeneic) hemocytes in vitro. We have found that contact reaction is accompanied by a burst of cyanide-insensitive oxygen consumption that, unlike exocytotic events of mammalian phagocytes, is Ca(2+)-d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell Structure and Function
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0386-7196,1347-3700
DOI: 10.1247/csf.20.81