The evolution of immune mechanisms

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 306, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 496-520

  Danilova, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; COMPLEMENT;

ADAPTATION; APOPTOSIS; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; APOPTOSIS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; IMMUNITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; RNA INTERFERENCE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845675830     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21102     Document Type: Review

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