A comparative study of germinal center: Fowls and mammals

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 179-189

  Yasuda, Masahiro ^a,c   Taura, Yasuho ^a   Yokomizo, Yuichi ^b   Ekino, Shigeo ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken; Comparative study; Dark zone; Germinal center; Light zone

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FOWL; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIMETABOLITES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CHICKENS; DENDRITIC CELLS; GERMINAL CENTER; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMALS; RATS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031846409     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9571(98)00007-1     Document Type: Article

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