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ONTOGENY OF THE SECONDARY ANTIBODY RESPONSE: ORIGINS AND CLONAL DIVERSITY

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Chappell, C.P., Dauner, J., Jacob*, J. (2009). ONTOGENY OF THE SECONDARY ANTIBODY RESPONSE: ORIGINS AND CLONAL DIVERSITY. In: Schoenberger, S., Katsikis, P., Pulendran, B. (eds) Crossroads between Innate and Adaptive Immunity II. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 633. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79311-5_4

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