A model of the immune network with B-T cell co-operation. II - The simulation of ontogenesis

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 531-547

  Carneiro, Jorge ^a   Coutinho, António ^a   Stewart, John ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BONE MARROW; CELL INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MODEL; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMUS;

EID: 0030597105     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0193     Document Type: Article

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