Immunocytochemical localization of lysenin, a novel protein isolated from the coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia foetida

Biomedical Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 327-330

  Sekizawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Ohta, Naoshi ^a   Natori, Shunji ^b   Kobayashi, Hideshi ^a  

^a ZENYAKU KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSENIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CELL SIZE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; EARTHWORM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; EISENIA FETIDA; LUMBRICIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHERETIMA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0029909566     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.17.327     Document Type: Article

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