Isolation and characterization of earthworm hemolysins and agglutinins

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-25

  Eue, Ines ^a   Kauschke, Ellen ^b   Mohrigt, Werner ^c   Cooper, Edwin L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UCLA Medical Center ^*  (Germany)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coelomic fluid; Earthworms; Eisenia fetida; Hemagglutinin; Hemolysin; IEF; PAGE; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ANTIBODY; ANTISERUM; CARBOHYDRATE; HEMOLYSIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EARTHWORM; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

EISENIA FETIDA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0031947268     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(97)00049-9     Document Type: Article

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