Analysis of avian lymphocyte proliferation by a new, simple, nonradioactive assay (lympho-pro)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 714-725

  Gogal Jr , R M ^a   Ahmed, S Ansar ^a   Larsen, C T ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chicken; Flow cytometry; Lymphocyte proliferation; Nonradioactive; Slow speed centrifugation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0343742595     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592166     Document Type: Article

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