On the presence of prophenoloxidase in the hemolymph of the horseshoe crab, Limulus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 163-168

  Nellaiappan, Kaliappan ^a   Sugumaran, Manickam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

arthropod immunity; detergents; lipid activation; melanization; prophenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRAB; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HEMOLYMPH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029871610     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02047-0     Document Type: Article

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