Ontogeny of the immune system of the brushtail possum, trichosurus vulpecula

Anatomical Record

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 354-365

  Baker, Michelle L ^a   Gemmell, Erica ^a   Gemmell, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Immunocytochemistry; Lymphocyte proliferation test; Possum; T and B lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD3; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COUNT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTESTINES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; OPOSSUMS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0033485922     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19991201)256:4<354::AID-AR3>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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