Xenogeneic rejection among three botryllids (compound ascidians)

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 581-589

  Saito, Yasunori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allogeneic rejection; Ascidian; Botryllid; Colony specificity; Xenogeneic rejection

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UROCHORDATA; XENOGRAFT;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; HEMOCYTES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLIDAE; BOTRYLLOIDES SIMODENSIS; BOTRYLLUS PRIMIGENUS; BOTRYLLUS SCALARIS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0038605154     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.581     Document Type: Article

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