Antigen dose-dependent predominance of either direct or sequential switch in IgE antibody responses

Immunology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 464-472

  Sudowe, S ^a   Rademaekers, A ^a   Kolsch E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE SWITCHING; MALE; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 0030737614     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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