A histological and immunohistochemical analysis of lymphoid tissues of the Tasmanian devil

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 611-620

  Kreiss, Alexandre ^a   Obendorf, David L ^b   Hemsley, Susan ^c   Canfield, Paul J ^c   Woods, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Histology; Imunohistochemistry; Lymphoid tissues; Marsupial; Tasmanian devil

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD79B ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD79 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; METATHERIA; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD79; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TASMANIA; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 67649205195     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20896     Document Type: Article

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