Churchill and the immune system of ectothermic vertebrates

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 5-14

  Flajnik, Martin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMPHIBIA; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE ISOLATION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION; VERTEBRATE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0032428641     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1998.tb01248.x     Document Type: Review

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