Immune information, self-organization and meaning

International Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 711-717

  Atlan, Henri ^b   Cohen, Irun R ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Context; Information; Language; Meaning; Redundancy; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 0031864496     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/10.6.711     Document Type: Review

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