Univacuolar refractile hemocytes from the tunicate Ciona intestinalis are cytotoxic for mammalian erythrocytes in vitro

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 418-425

  Parrinello, Nicolò ^a   Cammarata, Matteo ^a   Arizza, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0030175136     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543035     Document Type: Article

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