The role of hemolymph coagulation in innate immunity

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-47

  Muta, Tatsushi ^a   Iwanaga, Sadaaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME PRECURSOR; GLUCAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

BLOOD CLOTTING; HEMOLYMPH; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIMULUS; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029928757     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(96)80103-8     Document Type: Article

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