Comparative and developmental study of the immune system in Xenopus

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1249-1270

  Robert, Jacques ^a   Ohta, Yuko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative immunology; Developmental immunology; Evolution of immunity; Genomics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SILURANA TROPICALIS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 66349116178     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21891     Document Type: Review

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