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The primordial VRM system and the evolution of vertebrate immunity /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stewart, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : R.G. Landes, 1994.
Series:Molecular biology intelligence unit.
Subjects:
Immunoglobulins > Evolution.
T cells > Receptors > Evolution.
Immunogenetics.
Immunoglobulin Variable Region > immunology.
Immune System > immunology.
Biological Evolution.
Table of 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.