Comparison of Serum Phospholipase A2 Activities of All Known Extant Crocodylian Species
| Autor: | Caleb D. McMahan, Justin McFatter, Mark Merchant, Christopher M. Murray, Charles McAdon, Stephanie Mead, Rebeckah Griffith |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine animal structures biology Crocodylidae Zoology Gavialidae biology.organism_classification Serum samples 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Phospholipase A2 Extant taxon Phylogenetics Genus biology.protein Alligatoridae lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Pharmacology (medical) |
| Zdroj: | Advances in Biological Chemistry. :151-160 |
| ISSN: | 2162-2191 2162-2183 |
| DOI: | 10.4236/abc.2017.74010 |
| Popis: | Serum samples from all 23 extant crocodilian species were tested for phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity against nine different bacterial species. The data were used to generate a PLA2 activity profile for each crocodilian species, and the data were used to compare the activities of the three main lineages (Alligatoridae, Crocodylidae, and Gavialidae), the seven different genera, and to compare all of the 23 individual species. The data revealed that the three lineages ofcrocodilians (Alligatoridae, Crocodylidae, and Gavialidae) exhibited PLA2 activities toward nine species of bacteria that were statistically distinguishable. In addition, the PLA2 activities of crocodilians in a specific genus tended to be more similar to other members in their genus than to members of other crocodilian genera. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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