Molecular cloning and characterization of a serine proteinase homolog prophenoloxidase-activating factor in the swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 679-686

  Cui, Zhaoxia ^a   Liu, Yuan ^a,b   Wu, Danhua ^a,c   Luan, Weisha ^a,b   Wang, Shuangyan ^a,b   Li, Qianqian ^a,b   Song, Chengwen ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eyestalk; Haemocyte; Portunus trituberculatus; Serine protein homologous

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; PENAEUS MONODON; PORTUNIDAE; PORTUNUS; PORTUNUS TRITUBERCULATUS; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 77955510428     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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