The antimicrobial host defense of Drosophila

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 248, Issue , 2000, Pages 17-36

  Meister, M ^a   Hetru, C ^a   Hoffmann, J A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTACIN; CECROPIN; DEFENSIN; DIPTERICIN; DROSOCIN; DROSOMYCIN; METCHNIKOWIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DROSOPHILA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0033955668     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59674-2_2     Document Type: Review

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