Influences of pH and temperature on lysozyme activity in the plasma of Japanese flounder and Japanese char

Fish Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-10

  Miyazaki, Tougo ^a  

^a Toyama Prefectural Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bio defense; Enzyme; Japanese char; Japanese flounder; Lysozyme; Paralichthys olivaceus; Salverinus leucomaenis

Indexed keywords

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 0032362616     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.33.7     Document Type: Article

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