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. 1957 Mar 1;105(3):189-93.
doi: 10.1084/jem.105.3.189.

Absence of lecithin from the stromata of the red cells of certain animals (ruminants), and its relation to venom hemolysis

Absence of lecithin from the stromata of the red cells of certain animals (ruminants), and its relation to venom hemolysis

J C TURNER. J Exp Med. .

Abstract

Lipide extracts of the red cells of several animal species have been analyzed chromatographically. Genetically determined differences in phospholipide composition were found. Lecithin is absent from the cells of ox, sheep, and goat. Cells containing lecithin are susceptible to the direct hemolysin of cobra venom while cells not containing lecithin are resistant. The facts indicate that the direct hemolysin is a lecithinase.

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