Animal Models for Assessing the Biological Roles of Lectins

Animal Lectins: A Functional View

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 85-114

  Ahmed, Hafiz ^a   Rabinovich, Gabriel A ^b   Jackson, Shawn S ^a   Salatino, Mariana ^b   Saito, Keiko ^a   Bianco, German ^b   Tasumi, Satoshi ^a   Du, Shao J ^a   Vasta, Gerardo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420006971-14     Document Type: Chapter

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