Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet and the clonal selection theory of antibody formation

Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 253-258

  Ribatti, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibody formation; Clonal selection theory; History of medicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; CAREER; CELL CLONE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLONAL SELECTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; THEORY;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUSTRALIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NOBEL PRIZE;

EID: 70349929133     PISSN: 15918890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10238-009-0048-y     Document Type: Review

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