Protochordate amphioxus is an emerging model organism for comparative immunology

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 923-929

  Zhang, Shicui ^a   Liang, Yujun ^a   Ji, Guangdong ^a   Zhuang, Zhimeng ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Branchiostoma; Evolution; Immunity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; GENES; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PROTEINS;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AMPHIOXUS; BODY PLAN; BRANCHIOSTOMA; CIRCULATION SYSTEMS; EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; IMMUNITY; MODEL ORGANISMS; PROTOCHORDATES;

GENOME;

EID: 69049091849     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.07.025     Document Type: Review

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