T cell function in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-222

  Burnham, D Kim ^a   Keall, Susan N ^b   Nelson, Nicola J ^b   Daugherty, Charles H ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Concanavalin A; Mitogenesis; Mixed lymphocyte reaction; Phytohemagglutinin; Reptile; Sphenodon punctatus

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCANAVALIN A; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; MALE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; REPTILES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

DINOSAURIA; MURINAE; REPTILIA; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 17644421787     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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