Lectins in snail-trematode immune interactions: A review

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-172

  Horák, Petr ^a   Van Der Knaap, Wil P W ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Agglutinin; Carbohydrate; Haemocyte; Immunity; Lectin; Schistosome; Snail; Trematode

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030826682     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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