Maternal transfer of antibodies to eggs in Xenopus laevis

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-175

  Poorten, Thomas J ^a   Kuhn, Raymond E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antibody response; Immunoglobulin; Maternal transfer; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; OVALBUMIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAPTEN CARRIER COMPLEX; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVIPARITY; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 54849418393     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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