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Merchant, M., Roche, C., Sweeney, A. and Elsey, R. (2005) Identification of Serum Complement Activity in the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology—Part B, 141, 281-288.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.03.009

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• TITLE: Comparison of Serum Phospholipase A2 Activities of All Known Extant Crocodylian Species

  AUTHORS: Mark Merchant, Charles McAdon, Stephanie Mead, Justin McFatter, Caleb D. McMahan, Rebeckah Griffith, Christopher M. Murray

  KEYWORDS: Antibacterial, Antimicrobial, Crocodilian, Crocodylia, Crocodylidae, Gavialidae, Innate Immunity, Phylogeny, PLA2

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Biological Chemistry, Vol.7 No.4, August 28, 2017

  ABSTRACT: Serum samples from all 23 extant crocodilian species were tested for phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity against nine different bacterial species. The data were usedto 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 allof 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 statisticallydistinguishable. Inaddition,the PLA2 activities of crocodilians in a specific genus tended to be more similar to othermembers in their genus than to members of other crocodilian genera.