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Abstract
Lipide extracts of the red cells of several animal species have been analyzed chromatographically. Genetically determined differences in phospholipide composition were found. Lecithin is absent from the cells of ox, sheep, and goat. Cells containing lecithin are susceptible to the direct hemolysin of cobra venom while cells not containing lecithin are resistant. The facts indicate that the direct hemolysin is a lecithinase.Entities:
Keywords: HEMOLYSIS; LECITHIN/in blood; VENOMS
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Year: 1957 PMID: 13406178 PMCID: PMC2136694 DOI: 10.1084/jem.105.3.189
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Med ISSN: 0022-1007 Impact factor: 14.307