The immune role of the arthropod exoskeleton

Invertebrate Survival Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-206

  Moret, Yannick ^a   Moreau, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cuticle defense; Ecological immunology; Immunity; Invertebrates; Parasite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886720516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1824307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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