An endogenous superantigen in the rat gut lumen as a model to study the role of human protein-Fv

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-42

  Guihard, A I ^a   Pires, R ^a   Bouvet, J P ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PARAPROTEIN; SUPERANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; INTESTINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FV; RAT;

EID: 0031012250     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1997.d01-370.x     Document Type: Article

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