Characterization of lysozymes from three shellfish

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1404-1406

  Miyauchi, Kouji ^a   Tsubuku, Nobuyasu ^a   Matsumiya, Masahiro ^a   Mochizuki, Atsushi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Characterization; Chitons; Invertebrate; Kinetics; Lysozyme; Snails; Specific activity

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYPLACOPHORA;

EID: 36749052364     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01486.x     Document Type: Article

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