Purification and properties of a high molecular weight hemagglutinin from the red alga, Gracilaria verrucosa

Botanica Marina

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-247

  Kakita, H ^a   Fukuoka, S ^a   Obika, H ^a   Li, Z F ^a   Kamishima, H ^a  

^a National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CAVIA PORCELLUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA GRACILIS; GRACILARIA VERRUCOSA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; RHODOPHYTA; SUS SCROFA; VERRUCOSA;

EID: 0030928315     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/botm.1997.40.1-6.241     Document Type: Article

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