A vertebrate cytokine primer for eco-immunologists

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1061-1073

  Zimmerman, Laura M ^a   Bowden, Rachel M ^a   Vogel, Laura A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive immunity; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84908288005     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12273     Document Type: Review

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