The role of amoebocytes in endotoxin-mediated coagulation in the innate immunity of Achatina fulica snails

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-138

  Biswas, C ^a   Mandal, Chitra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; DIVALENT CATION; ENDOTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN; ISOLEUCINE; MAGNESIUM; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CELL LYSATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIVISION; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDOTOXINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; SNAILS;

EID: 0033011009     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1999.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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