Isolation and Characterization of a D-Galactose-binding Lectin from the Acorn Barnacle Balanus rostratus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 638-642

  Toda, Michitoshi ^a   Jimbo, Mitsuru ^a   Muramoto, Koji ^b   Sakai, Ryuichi ^a   Kamiya, Hisao ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acorn barnacle; Agglutinin; Balanus rostratus; Hemagglutinin; Hemolymph; Lectin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001162442     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.638     Document Type: Article

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