期刊论文

Rao, Xiang-Jun

英文

DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

0145-305X

2018

87

137-146

10.1016/j.dci.2018.06.011

This study is supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2017YFD0201700 ) to Y-M Pan; National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31402017 to X-J Rao, No. 31472049 to X-Q Yu); Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (No. 1508085QC51 ), Anhui Agricultural University Foundation (No. YJ2013-16 ) to X-J Rao; the National Undergraduate Training Program for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (No. 201810364048 ) and the Undergraduate Innovation Training Program of Anhui Agricultural University (No. XJDC2017341 ).

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