Characterization of the Lectin from the Skin Mucus of the Kingklip Genypterus capensis

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 138-141

  Toda, Michitoshi ^a   Goto Nance, Rina ^a   Muramoto, Koji ^a,b   Kamiya, Hisao ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genypterus capensis; Kingklip; Lectin; Mitogenic; Skin mucus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001677703     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.138     Document Type: Article

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