A cascade reaction network mimicking the basic functional steps of adaptive immune response

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 835-841

  Han, Da ^a,b   Wu, Cuichen ^a,b   You, Mingxu ^a   Zhang, Tao ^b   Wan, Shuo ^b   Chen, Tao ^a,b   Qiu, Liping ^a   Zheng, Zheng ^b   Liang, Hao ^a   Tan, Weihong ^a,b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYME;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; DNA; ENZYMES;

EID: 84942323588     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2325     Document Type: Article

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