Signaling mechanisms in the antimicrobial host defense of Drosophila

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-22

  Imler, Jean Luc ^a   Hoffmann, Jules A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; M PROTEIN; PROTEIN TOLL; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DROSOPHILA; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033973826     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)00045-4     Document Type: Review

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