Activation of pro-phenoloxidase by bacterial cell walls or beta-1,3-glucans in plasma of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

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Published in Biochem Biophys Res Commun on June 15, 1983

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M Ashida, Y Ishizaki, H Iwahana

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