Innate immunity of insects

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 4-10

  Hoffmann, Jules A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CLOTTING; CYTOTOXICITY; DROSOPHILA; ENCAPSULATION; FAT BODY; HEMOLYMPH; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENETICS; INJURY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DEFENSINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INSECTS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0028938065     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0952-7915(95)80022-0     Document Type: Article

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