Comparative analysis of the humoral immunity of skin mucus from several marine teleost fish

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-31

  Guardiola, Francisco A ^a   Cuesta, Alberto ^a   Abellán, Emilia ^b   Meseguer, José ^a   Esteban, María A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bactericidal activity; Humoral immunity; Seawater fish; Skin mucus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CARBOHYDRATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; FISH DISEASE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; MUCUS; PERCIFORMES; SKIN; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARBOHYDRATES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FISH DISEASES; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MUCUS; PERCIFORMES; SKIN;

EID: 84903851282     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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