Rapid and inexpensive method for the spectroscopic determination of innate immune activity of crocodilians

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 337-343

  Merchant, Mark ^a   Hammack, Tony ^a   Sanders, Paige ^a   Dronette, Jessica ^a  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crocodilian; Hemoglobin; Humoral immunity; Innate immunity; Serum complement; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747585112     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010600781290     Document Type: Article

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