The molecular evolution of the immune response: idiotope-specific suppression indicates that B cells express germ-line-encoded V genes prior to antigenic stimulation\* Antibodies expressed by the immune B cell population are characterized by variable region amino acid substitutions resulting from so
The molecular evolution of the immune response
β Scribed by Tim Manser; Lawrence J. Wysocki; Thomas Gridley; Richard I. Near; Malcolm L. Gefter
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 905 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-5699
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