Activation of Lepidopteran Insect Innate Immune Responses by C-Type Immulectins

Animal Lectins: A Functional View

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 382-395

  Yu, Xiao Qiang ^a   Kanost, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84868461169     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420006971-37     Document Type: Chapter

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