Efficiency of heat denatured lectins from Abrus precatorius as immunoadjuvants

Food and Agricultural Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 279-287

  Tripathi, Sudipta ^a   Maiti, Tapas K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Abrus; Immunoadjuvants; Lectins

Indexed keywords

ABRUS; ABRUS PRECATORIUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 12444277296     PISSN: 09540105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540100400019887     Document Type: Article

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