An overview of antigen presentation and its central role in the immune response

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 232, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-13

  Whitton, J Lindsay ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; PERFORIN;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031955159     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-72045-1_1     Document Type: Review

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