In Vitro Activity of the Limulus Antimicrobial Peptide Tachyplesin I on Marine Bivalve Pathogens

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-182

  Morvan, Annie ^a   Iwanaga, Sadaaki ^b   Comps, Michel ^c   Bachere, Evelyne ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Bonamia ostreae; Hemocytes; Ostrea edulis; Perkinsus marinus; Tachyplesin I; VibrioP1

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001649653     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.4642     Document Type: Article

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