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Possible role of a skin mucus lectin from fugu Takifugu rubripes in excluding marine bacteria from the body surface

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  1. Satoshi Tasumi

    Present address: Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 21202, Baltimore, MD, USA

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  1. Fisheries Laboratory, The University of Tokyo, 431-0211, Maisaka, Shizuoka

    Shigeyuki Tsutsui, Satoshi Tasumi, Hiroaki Suetake & Yuzuru Suzuki

  2. Department of Marine Science and Resources, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 252-8510, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

    Hidenori Nishikawa, Nobuhiro Mano & Hitomi Hirose

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Tsutsui, S., Nishikawa, H., Mano, N. et al. Possible role of a skin mucus lectin from fugu Takifugu rubripes in excluding marine bacteria from the body surface. Fish Sci 72, 455–457 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01172.x

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