Purification and Characterization of the Lectins of the Soft Coral Lobophytum variatum

Fisheries Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 297-301

  Goto Nance, Rina ^a   Muramoto, Koji ^a,b   Zenpo, Yohko ^a   Kamiya, Hisao ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agglutinin; Hemagglutinin; Lectin; Lobophytum variatum; Soft coral

Indexed keywords

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; BOVINAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; LOBOPHYTUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 1542678754     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.62.297     Document Type: Article

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