Temperature but not season affects the transplantation immunity of anuran amphibians

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-64

  Jozkowicz, Alicja ^a,b,c   Plytycz, Barbara ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FROG; FROGS AND TOADS; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; SEASON; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TEMPERATURE; TOAD; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BUFO BUFO; GRAFT REJECTION; RANIDAE; SEASONS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BOMBINA BOMBINA; BOMBINA VARIEGATA; BUFO BUFO; RANA ESCULENTA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 0032079732     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980501)281:1<58::AID-JEZ8>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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