Morula cells and non-self recognition in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

Invertebrate Survival Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Ballarin, Loriano ^a   Menin, A ^a   Franchi, N ^a   Bertoloni, G ^a   Cima, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Botryllus; Cytotoxicity; Immunomodulation; Morula cells; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444486289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1824307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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