Production of nitric oxide by murine macrophages induced by lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania major |
KAVOOSI Gholamreza
(Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran)
ARDESTANI Sussan K. (Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran) KARIMINIA Amina (Department of Immunology, Pasteur Institute of Iran) TAVAKOLI Zahra (Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran) |
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