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Was the evolutionary road towards adaptive immunity paved with endothelium?

BACKGROUND: The characterization of a completely novel adaptive immune system (AIS) in jawless vertebrates (hagfish and lampreys) presents an excellent opportunity for exploring similarities and differences in design principles. It also highlights a somewhat neglected question: Why did vertebrates,...

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Autores principales: van Niekerk, Gustav, Davis, Tanja, Engelbrecht, Anna-Mart
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4560925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26341882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13062-015-0079-0