Absence of a Significant Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction in a Marsupial (Monodelphis domestica)

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 184-189

  Stone, William H ^a   Bruun, Donald A ^a   Foster, Ethan B ^a   Manis, G Scott ^a   Hoffman, Eric S ^a   Saphire, Diane G ^a   VandeBerg, John L ^b   Infante, Anthony J ^c  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL VIABILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MARSUPIAL; MITOGENICITY; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY;

ANIMALS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; OPOSSUMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031898392     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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