Morphological characterization and functional immune response of the carpet shell clam (Ruditapes decussatus) haemocytes after bacterial stimulation

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-78

  Prado Alvarez, M ^a   Romero, A ^a   Balseiro, P ^a   Dios, S ^a   Novoa, B ^a   Figueras, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Haemocyte; Immune system; Phagocytosis; Ruditapes decussatus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; RUDITAPES; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SPLENDIDUS;

IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; BLOOD CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; VIBRIO;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMOCYTES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; VIBRIO;

EID: 84859241901     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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