Immunoglobulins in reptiles

Reptiles: Biology, Behavior and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 101-113

  Das, Sabyasachi ^a   Hirano, Masayuki ^a   Nikolaidis, Nikolas ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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