Investigation of Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Isotypes in an Ancestral Mucosal Immune Model
The importance of gut associated lymphoid tissues has been extensively reported in higher vertebrates, but less is known in lower vertebrates. In mammals immunoglobulin (Ig)A is the primary Ig of mucosal immunity. But no IgA has been identified in cold-blooded animals. In higher vertebrates, antig...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-10140 |