Contributions of conventional and heavy-chain IgG to immunity in fetal, neonatal, and adult alpacas

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2007-2015

  Daley Bauer, L P ^a   Purdy, S R ^b   Smith, M C ^a   Gagliardo, L F ^a   Davis, W C ^c   Appleton, J A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; B LYMPHOCYTE; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MILK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MALE; MILK; SERUM;

EID: 78649878174     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00287-10     Document Type: Article

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