Mechanisms of selection and differentiation in germinal centers

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 256-262

  Liu, Yong Jun ^a   De Bouteiller, Odette ^a   Fugier Vivier, Isabelle ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SELECTION; GERMINAL CENTER; MEMORY CELL; PLASMA CELL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030887835     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(97)80145-8     Document Type: Article

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