Crossreactivity of hemolytic and hemagglutinating proteins in the coelomic fluid of Lumbricidae (Annelida)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-30

  Mohrig, Werner ^a   Eue, Ines ^b   Kauschke, Ellen ^c   Hennicke, Frank ^c  

^a University of Texas ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annelida; Aporrectodea caliginosa; earthworms; Eisenia fetida; hemagglutinins; hemolysins; immunological crossreactivity; Lumbricidae; Lumbricus rubellus; Lumbricus terrestris

Indexed keywords

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030246982     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(95)02100-0     Document Type: Article

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