Adhesion of hemocytes to desialylated prothoracic glands of galleria mellonella (lepidoptera) in the larval stage

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-170

  KaraÇali, Sabire ^a   Deveci, Remziye ^a   Pehlivan, Sacide ^a   Özcan, Ali ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Encapsulation; Hemocytic recognition; Masking receptor; Prothoracic glands; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343570532     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2000.9652415     Document Type: Article

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