Rejection patterns in botryllid ascidian immunity: The first tier of allorecognition

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-121

  Rinkevich, Baruch ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; ECOLOGY; GENES;

BOTRYLLID ASCIDIANS; COLONIES; SPECIES; TAXON;

IMMUNIZATION;

CHIMERA; COLONIAL ORGANISM; KIN RECOGNITION;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLIDAE; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21344458362     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z04-161     Document Type: Review

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