Role of the prophenoloxidase-activating system in invertebrate immunity

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-28

  Söderhäll, Kenneth ^a   Cerenius, Lage ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTHROPOD; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; IMMUNITY; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0032005367     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(98)80026-5     Document Type: Article

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