Immunotolerance in the laboratory opossum (Monodelphis domestica) to xenografted mouse melanoma

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 39-42

  Wang, Zhiqiang ^a   VandeBerg, John L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DESENSITIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA B16; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MODEL; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; OPOSSUMS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; MAMMALIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 25144503308     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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