The role of secretory antibodies in infection immunity

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 656-667

  Strugnell, Richard A ^a   Wijburg, Odilia L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MICE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955657786     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2384     Document Type: Review

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