Induced bactericidal response in the hagfish.
Hagfish were shown to be capable of synthesizing bactericidins after injection of gram-negative bacteria. The bactericidins could be detected as early as 2 days after injection. The degree of specificity was not as impressive as in mammalian systems.
D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005399:Fishes / Q000276:immunology*; D007109:Immunity; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013045:Species Specificity; D014181:Transplantation Immunology; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous