Expression of immune genes during metamorphosis of Xenopus: A survey

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 348-358

  Pollet, Nicolas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Immunity; Metamorphosis; Review; Thyroid hormone; Transcriptome; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77951221160     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3624     Document Type: Review

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