The immunomodulatory and antitumor activities of lectins from the mushroom Tricholoma mongolicum

Immunopharmacology - Tập 31 - Trang 205-211 - 1996
H.X. Wang1, W.K. Liu2, T.B. Ng3, V.E.C. Ooi1, S.T. Chang1
1Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
2Department of Anatomy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin Hong Kong
3Department of Biochemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

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