Immunological specificity and memory in a scleractinian coral

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 1977 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 270, pages 219-223 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: W H, Hildemann; R L, Raison; G, Cheung; C J, Hull; L, Akaka; J, Okamoto;

doi: 10.1038/270219a0

pmid: 74018

Immunological specificity and memory in a scleractinian coral

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Abstract

Tissue transplantation immunity with a specific memory component is demonstrated in populations of Montipora. This highly discriminating immunoreactivity derives from extensive allogeneic polymorphism of histocompatibility (H) markers. An H system of immunorecognition is postulated to have originated in multicellular invertebrates probably beginning with coelenterates.

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Keywords

Graft Rejection, Cnidaria, Epitopes, Polymorphism, Genetic, Histocompatibility Antigens, Animals, Biological Evolution, Immunologic Memory

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