Three newly identified galectin homologues from triangle sail mussel (Hyriopsis cumingii) function as potential

Ling-Ling Zhao1, Kaimin Hui2, Yu-Qing Wang3

  • 1East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, 200090, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity & Biotechnology and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Aquatic Crustacean Diseases, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210046, China.

Fish & Shellfish Immunology
|February 24, 2018
PubMed

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