Structure and Evolution of Avian Immunoglobulins

Avian Immunology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 107-127

  Davison, Fred ^a   Magor, Katharine E ^b   Kaspers, Bernd ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Institute for Animal Physiology   (Germany)

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