Modulation of the activity of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) head-kidney macrophages by macrophage activating factor(s) and lipopolysaccharide
✍ Scribed by Amélia Sarmento; Fernanda Marques; Anthony E Ellis; António Afonso
- Book ID
- 117706097
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 269 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1050-4648
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