The measurement of immunological stress in nematodes

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-123

  Nowell, M ^a   Wardlaw, A ^b   De Pomerai, D ^a   Pritchard, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CUTICLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; STRESS; TRANSGENE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030943010     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00015789     Document Type: Conference Paper

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