Quantitative modeling of immune responses

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-8

  Cohn, Melvin ^a   Mata, James ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SELECTION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EDITORIAL; EFFECTOR CELL; GENETICS; GERM LINE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL;

EID: 33947288974     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2006.00492.x     Document Type: Editorial

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