Evolutionary immunology: Early vertebrates reveal diverse immune recognition strategies

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 479-481

  Raftos, David ^a   Raison, Robert L ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 49649119888     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2008.38     Document Type: Note

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