Blood Collection from the American Horseshoe Crab, Limulus Polyphemus
Title:
Blood Collection from the American Horseshoe Crab, Limulus Polyphemus
Author:
Armstrong, Peter
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (768 seconds)
Series:
Biology
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Abstract:
The American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, is arguably the most convenient source for large quantities of blood of any invertebrate. The blood is simple in composition, with only one cell-type in the general circulation, the granular amebocyte, and only three abundant proteins in the plasma, hemocyanin, the C-reactive proteins, and α2-macroglobulin. Blood is collected from the heart and the blood cells and plasma are separated by centrifugation.
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