The mast cell nature of granule cells in the digestive tract of the pike, Esox lucius: Similarity to mammalian mucosal mast cells and globule leucocytes

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 363-369

  Reite, Ola B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic granule cell; Globule leucocyte; Intestine; Mast cell; Pike

Indexed keywords

ESOX LUCIUS; MAMMALIA; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0030191532     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fsim.1996.0036     Document Type: Article

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