The early history of B cells

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 191-197

  Cooper, Max D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; GENE; HEMATOPOIETIC TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HISTORY; IMMUNOLOGY;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84923822338     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: 14741741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri3801     Document Type: Article

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