Review: Cellular defense mechanisms in bivalve molluscs

Fish Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Takahashi, Keisuke G ^a   Muroga, Kiyokuni ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bivalve mollusc; Cellular defense mechanism; Environmental factor; Hemocyte; Phagocytosis; Reactive oxygen species; ROS; Stress reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 44449151024     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.43.1     Document Type: Review

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