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Superiority of human complement for assaying bacterial lipopolysaccharides by their anticomplementary activity

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In assaying bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) for anticomplementary activity, human complement (C) allowed detection of approximately 200 times smaller amounts of LPS than guinea-pig C. Pig C was slightly inferior to human.

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  1. Microbiology Department, University of Glasgow, Alexander Stone Building, Garscube Estate, Bearsden, G61 1QH, Glasgow, Scotland

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Saddler, J.N., Wardlaw, A.C. Superiority of human complement for assaying bacterial lipopolysaccharides by their anticomplementary activity. Experientia 34, 1227–1228 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922973

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