An antigen valence theory to explain the evolution and organization of the humoral immune response

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 604-618

  Hodgkin, Philip D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibody affmity; B lymphocytes; Immune regulation; Natural antibody; T dependent antibody; T independent antibody

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; EPITOPE;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; NONHUMAN; SOMATIC MUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031409779     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.1997.95     Document Type: Conference Paper

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