Phagocytic B cells in a reptile

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 270-273

  Zimmerman, Laura M ^a   Vogel, Laura A ^a   Edwards, Kevin A ^a   Bowden, Rachel M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectotherm; Phagocytosis; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECTOTHERMY; FISH; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INGESTION RATE; PARTICLE MOTION; PHAGOTROPHY; REPTILE; TURTLE;

AMPHIBIA; PISCES; REPTILIA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77951478957     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0692     Document Type: Article

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