Characterization of a natural hemagglutinin from the plasma of marine mussel Perna viridis

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-85

  Jayaraj, S S ^a   Thiagarajan, R ^a   Vincent, S ^b   Arumugam, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MYTILIDAE; PERNA; PERNA VIRIDIS; RATTUS;

EID: 45549097761     PISSN: 01080288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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