Blood collection from the American horseshoe crab, limulus polyphemus

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Armstrong, Peter ^a,b   Conrad, Mara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood collection; Horseshoe crab; Immunology; Issue 20; Limulus amebocyte; Limulus blood plasma; Limulus polyphemus

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055119093     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/958     Document Type: Article

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