Involvement of quinones and phenoloxidase in the allorejection reaction in a colonial ascidian, Botrylloides simodensis: Histochemical and immunohistochemical study

Marine Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 659-665

  Shirae, M ^a   Ballarin, L ^b   Frizzo, A ^b   Saito, Y ^a   Hirose, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LESION;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLOIDES; BOTRYLLOIDES SIMODENSIS;

EID: 0036941777     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0855-0     Document Type: Article

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