Molecular Analysis of Complement Regulatory Protein-Like cDNA from the Japanese Flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 140-143

  Katagiri, Takayuki ^a   Hirono, Ikuo ^a   Aoki, Takashi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complement regulatory protein; Expression analysis; Japanese flounder; Short consensus repeat (SCR)

Indexed keywords

PARALABRAX; PARALABRAX NEBULIFER; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SUGARCANE RAMU STUNT DISEASE PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0000132246     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.140     Document Type: Article

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