Possible immune functions of congerin, a mucosal galectin, in the intestinal lumen of Japanese conger eel

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 683-692

  Nakamura, O ^a   Inaga, Y ^a   Suzuki, S ^a   Tsutsui, S ^a   Muramoto, K ^b   Kamiya, H ^a   Watanabe, T ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congerin; Galectin; Intestine; Japanese conger eel; Mucosal immunity

Indexed keywords

CONGRIDAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CONGERIN PROTEIN, CONGER MYRIASTER; GALECTIN; SEPHAROSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EEL; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSA; MUCUS; STOMACH; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; EELS; GALECTINS; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; INTESTINES; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUCUS; SEPHAROSE; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; STOMACH;

EID: 34447263778     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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