Molecular analysis of complement regulatory protein-like cDNA composed of 12 tandem SCRs from the Japanese flounder

Fish Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-355

  Katagiri, Takayuki ^b   Hirono, Ikuo ^b   Aoki, Takashi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Complement; Complement regulatory protein; Japanese flounder; Short consensus repeat (SCR)

Indexed keywords

PARALABRAX NEBULIFER; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SUGARCANE RAMU STUNT DISEASE PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0032286386     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.33.351     Document Type: Article

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