On the absence of lipopolysaccharides in the endocellular symbionts of cockroaches and its evolutionary implications

Endocytobiosis and Cell Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 119-127

  Scudo, Francesco M ^a   Sacchi, Luciano ^b   Freudenberg, Marina A ^c   Grigolo, Aldo ^b   Galanos, Chris ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cockroaches; Endocytobiosis; Lipopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842605035     PISSN: 02561514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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