Characterization of the immune defense related tissues, cells, and genes in amphioxus

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 999-1004

  Lin, YuShuang ^a   Chen, DongYan ^a,b   Zhang, Wei ^a   Cai, ZhaoPing ^a   Chen, ZhongKe ^a   Zhang, Ning ^a   Mao, BingYu ^c   Zhang, HongWei ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

alimentary canal; amphioxus; epidermis; evolution; immunity; macrophages

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LARVA;

EID: 83455235682     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-011-4237-z     Document Type: Article

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