Comparative in vivo study of gp96 adjuvanticity in the frog Xenopus laevis

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 43, 2010, Pages

  Nedelkovska, Hristina ^a   Cruz Luna, Tanya ^a   McPherson, Pamela ^a   Robert, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

gp96; Immunological; Immunology; Issue 43; Properties; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355124278     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2026     Document Type: Article

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