Identification of squalamine in the plasma membrane of white blood cells in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus

It is well established that innate mechanisms play an important role in the immunity of fish. Antimicrobial peptides have been isolated and characterized from several species of teleosts. Here, we report the isolation of an antimicrobial compound from the blood of bacterially challenged sea lamprey,...

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Main Authors: Sang-Seon Yun, Weiming Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-12-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520429086