Self-nonself discrimination, histoincompatibility, and the concept of immunology

Immunogenetics

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 116-123

  Klein, Jan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Histocompatibility; Immunology; Self nonself discrimination

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; AUTOANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MELANIN; PEPTIDE;

BLOOD CLOTTING; CHIMERA; ENCAPSULATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MELANOGENESIS; METAZOON; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0033389973     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050587     Document Type: Review

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