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- Title
IMMUNE RESPONSE OF THE <em>TUATARA, SPHENODON PUNCTATUM</em>.
- Authors
Marchalonis, J. J.; Ealey, E. H. M.; Diener, E.
- Abstract
This article focuses on the study related to immune response of the tuatara, sphenodon Punctatum. The basic pattern of immunoglobulin structure appears to have been established early in the evolution of vertebrates. All imrnunoglobulins, including those of the sea lamprey, the most primitive form of vertebrates reported to produce antibodies, are composed of light chains and heavy chains which probably possess a heterogeneity in amino acid composition comparable to that observed for mammalian antibodies.
- Subjects
TUATARA; RHYNCHOCEPHALIA; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; VERTEBRATES; LAMPREYS; AMINO acids
- Publication
Australian Journal of Experimental Biology & Medical Science, 1969, Vol 47, Issue 3, p367
- ISSN
0004-945X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/icb.1969.40