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Allorecognition in colonial tunicates: protection against predatory cell lineages?
Immunological reviews - 1 Feb 1999
Magor B G, De Tomaso A, Rinkevich B, Weissman I L
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The MHC molecules have been historically perceived as transplantation antigens, though it is now recognized that their primary, if not sole, role is in eliminating parasites and in surveillance and clearance of aberrant self. Indeed, pregnancy in mammals would represent the closest to a natural t...
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