The immune response of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) and devil facial tumour disease

EcoHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 338-345

  Woods, Gregory M ^a   Kreiss, Alexandre ^a   Belov, Katherine ^b   Siddle, Hannah V ^b   Obendorf, David L ^c   Muller, H Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Devil Facial Tumour Disease; Immune response; Lymphocyte proliferation; Lymphoid tissue; Major histocompatibility complex; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIGEN; MITOGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVIL FACIAL TUMOR DISEASE; FACE TUMOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII; TUMOR CELL;

SARCOPHILUS HARRISII;

EID: 35148865228     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-007-0117-1     Document Type: Article

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