Involvement of thyroid hormones in the expression of MHC class I antigens during ontogeny in xenopus

Developmental Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-144

  Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a   Flajnik, Martin F ^c   Blair, Patrick J ^a   Davis, A Tray ^a   Green, Wayne F ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Metamorphosis; MHC class I; Thyroid hormones; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOGENETICS; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030669117     PISSN: 10446672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1997/38464     Document Type: Article

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