A Novel Role for B Cells in Early Protective Immunity to an Intracellular Pathogen, Francisella tularensis Strain LVS

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 3277-3284

  Culkin, Sarah J ^a   Rhinehart Jones, Tonya ^a   Elkins, Karen L ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NUDE MOUSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TULAREMIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; MICE, SCID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TULAREMIA;

EID: 0031113955     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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