Germinal centers: Form and function

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-251

  Tarlinton, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE;

GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINAL CENTER; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPLEEN;

EID: 0031859661     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(98)80161-1     Document Type: Article

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