Self assertion modeled as a network repertoire of multi-determinant antibodies

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-66

  Takumi, Katsuhisa ^a   De Boer, Rob J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; IDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DENSITY; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030574245     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0201     Document Type: Article

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