title: Myeloperoxidase activity in chicken heterophils and adherent cells.
abstract: Chicken heterophils are known to lack myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity. In this paper, evidence is presented to show that chicken heterophils and adherent cells contain a DNA sequence that is homologous to segment 10 of the human MPO gene; histochemical staining and microplate assay also show that heterophils and adherent cells contain MPO activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000276:immunology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002645:Chickens; D006801:Humans; D007243:Infectious bursal disease virus / Q000276:immunology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000201:enzymology*; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000276:immunology; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000097:blood*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000662:veterinary; D017186:Titrimetry / Q000662:veterinary; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D014765:Viral Vaccines; D009195:Peroxidase