Colony specificity in the xenogeneic combinations among four Botrylloides species (Urochordata, Ascidiacea)

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 747-753

  Hirose, Euichi ^a   Shirae, Maki ^a   Saito, Yasunori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonial ascidian; Hemolytic rejection; Phenoloxidase; Viviparity; Xeno recognition

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ALLELE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; ENZYMOLOGY; HEMOLYSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; UROCHORDATA; XENOGRAFT;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; HEMOCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLOIDES; BOTRYLLOIDES FUSCUS; BOTRYLLOIDES SIMODENSIS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0036629966     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.747     Document Type: Article

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