Like an Invertebrate Primitive Antibody
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American Journal of Immunology, Volume 9, Issue 3, pp. 94–95 · doi.org/10.3844/ajisp.2013.94.95
Abstract
Specific immune responses occur in an invertebrate: The sea star Asterias rubens. Sea star T and B lymphocytes are present in the axial organ and coopere with phagocytes and Complement components to produce a primitive antibody correlated to Igkappa genes and to complement genes: It could be composed of 4 kappa chains and present strong and highly significant homologies to Mouse IgKappa region V-IV S107B precursor gene.
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Leclerc, M. (2013). Like an Invertebrate Primitive Antibody. American Journal of Immunology, 9(3), 94–95. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajisp.2013.94.95
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