On the origins of the adaptive immune system: Novel insights from invertebrates and cold-blooded vertebrates

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-111

  Kasahara, Masanori ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Du Pasquier, Louis ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RAG1 PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEDIATED LYMPHOLYSIS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECOMBINANT GENE; REVIEW;

EID: 0842303121     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2003.11.005     Document Type: Review

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