B-cell memory and the persistence of antibody responses

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1395, 2000, Pages 345-350

  MacLennan, Ian C M ^a   García de Vinuesa, Carola ^a   Casamayor Palleja, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affinity maturation; B cell; Germinal centre; Memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034728608     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0571     Document Type: Article

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