Role of lectins in the innate immunity of horseshoe crab

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 391-400

  Kawabata, Shun ichiro ^a,b   Iwanaga, Sadaaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Horseshoe crab; Innate immunity; Lectin; Lipopolysaccharides; Lipoteichoic acid; O Antigens

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AGAROSE; DEXTRAN; LECTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; O ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNITY; LIMULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA; NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TACHYPLEUS TRIDENTATUS;

EID: 0032992548     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00019-1     Document Type: Article

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