Allorecognition in colonial tunicates: Protection against predatory cell lineages?

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 167, Issue , 1999, Pages 69-79

  Magor, Brad G ^a   De Tomaso, Anthony ^a   Rinkevich, Baruch ^b   Weissman, Irving L ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSPLANTATION ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ALLOIMMUNITY; CELL LINEAGE; COLONY FORMATION; FUSION GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HISTORY; KILLER CELL; MAMMAL; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REVIEW; SEA; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0032923449     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1999.tb01383.x     Document Type: Review

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