Long-term trends in the survival of immunological epitopes entombed in fossil brachiopod skeletons

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-96

  Collins, Matthew J ^a   Walton, Derek ^b   Curry, Gordon B ^c   Riley, Michael S ^d   Von Wallmenich, Theo N ^e   Savage, N M ^e   Muyzer, Gerard ^f   Westbroek, Peter ^g  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Geological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^f DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPES;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIBODIES; CHEMICAL BONDS; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDATION;

IMMUNOLOGY;

AMINO ACID; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0037262012     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00186-9     Document Type: Article

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