What is so special about thinking; after all, we all do it!

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-364

  Cohn, Melvin ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive immune system; Autoimmunity; Effector function; History; Repertoire; Theoretical analysis

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THINKING;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; BYSTANDER EFFECT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL;

EID: 84870671309     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: 10960945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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