How to kill a mocking bug?

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 545-557

  Pinheiro, Vitor B ^a   Ellar, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JANUS KINASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STAT PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; JANUS KINASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ALPHAVIRUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 33644854737     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00693.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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