Tracking antigen-specific helper T cell responses

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 278-284

  McHeyzer Williams, Michael G ^a   Altman, John D ^b   Davis, Mark M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CELL MATURATION; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

EID: 0029993332     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(96)80068-9     Document Type: Article

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