Commentary: Understanding the vertebrate immune system: Insights from the reptilian perspective

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 661-671

  Zimmerman, L M ^a   Vogel, L A ^a   Bowden, R M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive immunity; Ecological immunology; Innate immunity; Reptile

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PISCES; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; REPTILE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; REPTILES;

EID: 76749122339     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.038315     Document Type: Review

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