Purification and characterization of prophenoloxidase from kuruma prawn penaeus japonicus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 919-925

  Adachi, Kohsuke ^a   Hirata, Takashi ^a   Nagai, Katsunori ^a   Fujisawa, Satoshi ^a   Kinoshita, Masato ^a   Sakaguchi, Morihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemocyte; Kuruma prawn; Melanogenesis; Mono phenols; O diphenol derivatives; Prophenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000910657     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.65.919     Document Type: Article

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