Early B-cell development in chickens, sheep and rabbits
✍ Scribed by Jean-Claude Weill; Claude-Agnès Reynaud
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 548 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0952-7915
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✦ Synopsis
Studies of the immune system of various species have revealed that antibody repertoire can be generated in many different ways. This review underlines some general principles for comparing the different processes which represent the basic framework of these systems.
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