The immune response of Drosophila melanogaster

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 198, Issue , 2004, Pages 59-71

  Leclerc, Vincent ^a   Reichhart, Jean Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD CELL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPITHELIUM; FAT BODY; HEMOLYMPH; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MELANIZATION; MICROBIAL IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 1642422755     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2004.0130.x     Document Type: Review

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