Quantitative analysis of phagocytosis by amebocytes of a sea cucumber, holothuria leucospilota

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-74

  Xing, Jun ^a   Leung, Mun Fai ^a   Chia, Fu Shiang ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coelomocyte; Cytochalasin b; Echinodermata; Flow cytometry; Holothuroidea

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHURIA LEUCOSPILOTA; HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 0032221645     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226853     Document Type: Article

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