Opsonic effect of congerin, a mucosal galectin of the Japanese conger, Conger myriaster (Brevoort)

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 433-435

  Nakamura, O ^a   Matsuoka, H ^a   Ogawa, T ^b   Muramoto, K ^b   Kamiya, H ^a   Watanabe, T ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congerin I; Galectin; Japanese conger; Mucus; Opsonin

Indexed keywords

CONGER; CONGER CONGER; CONGER MYRIASTER;

EID: 25844518483     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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