Evolution of lymphoid tissues

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 315-321

  Boehm, Thomas ^a   Hess, Isabell ^a   Swann, Jeremy B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EVOLUTION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; KIDNEY; LYMPHOID ORGAN; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84861664303     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: 14714981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2012.02.005     Document Type: Review

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