complement

[Bob Scibienski]

I believe that calcium ions are neccessary for the complement cascade to work.

maniero at stripe.Colorado.EDU (MANIERO GREGORY) wrote:

>Could anyone tell me if EDTA fixes complement?  I would like to be able to
>look at cells and complement activity in the same blood sample.  I know
>heparin won't work but was wondering about EDTA or citrate.

>Thanks for your help

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