Metamorphosis and the amphibian immune system

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 221-230

  Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MIFEPRISTONE; THYROID HORMONE;

AMPHIBIA; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; BODY SIZE; CELL DEATH; CELL DESTRUCTION; FROGS AND TOADS; GRAFT REJECTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TADPOLE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032429004     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1998.tb01265.x     Document Type: Review

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