MHC Molecules and Lymphocytes: Evolutionary Perspective

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 137-142

  Płytycz, Barbara ^a,b   Seljelid, Rolf ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

T cells; T cells; B1 lymphocytes; B2 lymphocytes; MHC molecules; MHC like molecules; NK T lymphocytes; Phylogeny of immunity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX;

EID: 0031604803     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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