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The primordial VRM system and the evolution of vertebrate immunity
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The primordial VRM system and the evolution of vertebrate immunity

Author: John Stewart
Publisher: Austin : R.G. Landes, 1994.
Series: Molecular biology intelligence unit (Unnumbered)
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Stewart
ISBN: 1570591199 9781570591198
OCLC Number: 30511259
Description: 124 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Contents: Evolution as a perceptual tool -- Reconstruction of evolution -- Structure and function -- Defining what the immune system is -- Metchnikoff and the evolutionary origin of cellular immunity -- Compliment system -- Antibacterial peptides -- Aim of this book -- Elements for the construction of a hypothesis -- General background -- Genes -- Molecules -- Cells -- Organs -- Evolution of the structures of the VRM system -- Biological functions of the VRM system through phylogenesis -- First phase the emergence of a primordial VRM system -- Function of the primordial VRM system -- Subsequent evolution of the VRM system -- T cells and MHC -- Three consequences for immunological research -- CIS in mammals -- Comparative immunology in higher vertebrates -- Comparative immunology in primitive vertebrates.
Series Title: Molecular biology intelligence unit (Unnumbered)
Other Titles: Primordial VRM system.
Responsibility: John Stewart.

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