Cloning, distribution and primary immune characteristics of amphioxus alpha-2 macroglobulin

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 963-969

  Liang, Yujun ^a   Pan, Aixiu ^a   Zhang, Shicui ^a   Zhang, Yue ^a   Liu, Mingying ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 macroglobulin; Amphioxus; Branchiostoma; Hepatic caecum; Lancelet

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 81255157538     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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