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After its development by Levin and Bang in 1968 (4), the limulus amebocyte lysate test had been considered specific for endotoxin until Kakinuma et al., found that carboxymethylated (1→3) −β -D-glucan also activates limulus coagulation enzymes (3). Morita et al., showed that amebocyte lysate contains, in addition to endotoxin-sensitive factor C, a factor G that is sensitive for a trace amount of (1→3)− β -D-glucan (Fig 1a) (5).
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Obayashi, T. (1990). A New Endotoxin-Specific Assay. In: Friedman, H., Klein, T.W., Nakano, M., Nowotny, A. (eds) Endotoxin. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 256. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5140-6_19
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