The Development of the Immune System in Xenopus

Xenopus Development

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 264-292

  Pasquier, Louis Du ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Lymphocytes; Major histocompatibility complex; Metamorphosis; Thymus; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS;

B CELLS; CELLULARS; LYMPHOID ORGANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATERNO-FOETAL; METAMORPHOSE; NATURAL EXPERIMENT; SOMATIC DIVERSIFICATION; XENOPUS;

THYMUS;

EID: 84926680998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118492833.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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