Cytoskeletal organization of Limulus amebocytes pre- and post-activation: Comparative aspects

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-66

  Conrad, Mara ^b   Denobile, Joanna ^b   Chaikhoutdinov, Irina ^b   Escribano, Douglas ^b   Lee, Kyeng Gea ^b   Cohen, William D ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; COAGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LIMULUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4344688949     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543628     Document Type: Article

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