Antigenic characterization of Sphaerospora dicentrarchi (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida), a parasite from European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax (Teleostei: Serranidae)

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-124

  Munoz P ^a   Sitja Bobadilla A ^a   Alvarez Pellitero P ^a  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ceratomyxa; Glycoconjugates; Immnunoblotting; Lectins; Myxozoa; Sphaerospora; Zymog raphy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; LECTIN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERIODATE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINASE K; PROTOZOON ANTIGEN; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ZYMOGRAPHY;

BIVALVULIDA; CERATOMYXA; CERATOMYXA LABRACIS; CERATOMYXA SPARUSAURATI; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; SERRANIDAE; SPHAEROSPORA; SPHAEROSPORA DICENTRARCHI; SPHAEROSPORA TESTICULARIS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0343674746     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao040117     Document Type: Article

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