Selection in a T-dependent primary humoral response: New insights from polypeptide models

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Volumn 107, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 807-818

  Rao, Kanury V S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Clonal selection; Epitope; Humoral immunity

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HAPTEN; POLYPEPTIDE;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN BINDING; B LYMPHOCYTE; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032843774     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1999.tb01476.x     Document Type: Review

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