Drosophila antimicrobial peptides;Les peptides antimicrobiens de la drosophile

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-29

  Bulet, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ATTACIN; CECROPIN; DEFENSIN; DIPTERICIN; DROSOCIN; DROSOMYCIN; METCHNIKOWIN; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENCAPSULATION; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYMPH; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032953053     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4267/10608/1192     Document Type: Article

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