In Botryllus schlosseri, a highly polymorphic allorecognition system limits the potential for vascular fusion by genetically dissimilar, adjacent colonies. In this issue, Nyholm et al. (2006) uncover the nature of the receptor that recognizes the products of the histocompatibility genes
SummaryStem cells are highly conserved biological units of development and regeneration. Here we for...
SummaryAlloimmune specificity and histocompatibility, driven by genetic polymorphism, are ancient de...
Multicellular tissue compatibility, or histocompatibility, restricts fusion to close kin. Histocompa...
SummaryIn the colonial tunicate Botryllus schlosseri, a co-dominant trait determines the capacity of...
SummaryHistocompatibility in the basal chordate Botryllus schlosseri is controlled by the polymorphi...
In Botryllus schlosseri, a highly polymorphic allorecognition system limits the potential for vascul...
SummaryHistocompatibility in the primitive chordate, Botryllus schlosseri, is controlled by a single...
When colonies of the compound ascidian Botrylloides simodensis contact each other at their cut surfa...
When two colonies of the tunicate Botryllus contact each other, they either fuse into a single colon...
When colonies of the ascidian Botryllus schlosseri contact each other, they can either fuse and anas...
In the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri, allorecognition manifests primarily as colony specifi...
Abstract Background Allorecognition, the ability of an organism to distinguish self from non-self, o...
Understanding the mechanisms that sustain immunological nonreactivity is essential for maintaining t...
In the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri, allorecognition manifests primarily as colony specifi...
Nearly all colonial marine invertebrates are capable of allorecognition — the ability to distinguish...
SummaryStem cells are highly conserved biological units of development and regeneration. Here we for...
SummaryAlloimmune specificity and histocompatibility, driven by genetic polymorphism, are ancient de...
Multicellular tissue compatibility, or histocompatibility, restricts fusion to close kin. Histocompa...
SummaryIn the colonial tunicate Botryllus schlosseri, a co-dominant trait determines the capacity of...
SummaryHistocompatibility in the basal chordate Botryllus schlosseri is controlled by the polymorphi...
In Botryllus schlosseri, a highly polymorphic allorecognition system limits the potential for vascul...
SummaryHistocompatibility in the primitive chordate, Botryllus schlosseri, is controlled by a single...
When colonies of the compound ascidian Botrylloides simodensis contact each other at their cut surfa...
When two colonies of the tunicate Botryllus contact each other, they either fuse into a single colon...
When colonies of the ascidian Botryllus schlosseri contact each other, they can either fuse and anas...
In the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri, allorecognition manifests primarily as colony specifi...
Abstract Background Allorecognition, the ability of an organism to distinguish self from non-self, o...
Understanding the mechanisms that sustain immunological nonreactivity is essential for maintaining t...
In the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri, allorecognition manifests primarily as colony specifi...
Nearly all colonial marine invertebrates are capable of allorecognition — the ability to distinguish...
SummaryStem cells are highly conserved biological units of development and regeneration. Here we for...
SummaryAlloimmune specificity and histocompatibility, driven by genetic polymorphism, are ancient de...
Multicellular tissue compatibility, or histocompatibility, restricts fusion to close kin. Histocompa...