Lectins and cytokines in celomatic invertebrates: Two tales with the same end

Invertebrate Survival Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Malagoli, D ^a   Sacchi, S ^b   Ottaviani, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Evolution; Invertebrate immunity; Lectins

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957298970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1824307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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