Jaw, adaptive immunity and phylogeny of vertebrate antibody V(H) gene family

Research in Immunology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 233-240

  Andersson, E ^a   Matsunaga, T ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

IMMUNITY; JAW; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0029957443     PISSN: 09232494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(96)87226-9     Document Type: Article

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