Title : Cobra venom factor: evidence for its being altered cobra C3 (the third component of complement).

Pub. Date : 1976 Mar 26

PMID : 56780






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1 A protein in cobra serum reacts strongly with antiserum to the venom factor and the former protein, like human C3, is converted by incubation of cobra serum with endotoxin, hydrazine, or simple storage at 37 degrees C. Incubation of cobra venom factor with cobra serum destroys the C3 cleaving activity of the venom factor in human serum, whereas human C3b inactivator is ineffective. hydrazine complement C3 Homo sapiens