Structured reactions of serum IgM repertoires to immunization are dependent on major histocompatibility complex genes

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-257

  Fesel, Constantin ^a,b   Coutinho, A ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, CONGENIC; ANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; FEMALE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033049936     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1999.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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