Genetic control of the T cell response to Leishmania major infection

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 452, Issue , 1998, Pages 61-66

  Coffman, Robert L ^a   Beebe, Amy M ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4;

CHROMOSOME 11; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 0031755270     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5355-7_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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