Early and natural antibodies in non-mammalian vertebrates

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 252, Issue , 2000, Pages 233-240

  Flajnik, M F ^a   Rumfelt, L L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

CHONDRICHTHYES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033767186     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-57284-5_24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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