The enunciation and impact of Macfarlane Burnet's clonal selection theory of acquired immunity

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 116-118

  Ada, Gordon ^a  

^a Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CELL SURFACE; CLONAL VARIATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; LIFE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SHORT SURVEY; THEORY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUSTRALIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL;

EID: 39749090578     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.icb.7100156     Document Type: Short Survey

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