Antifungal defense in drosophila

Nature Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 543-545

  Hoffmann, Jules ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; DROSOMYCIN; ECDYSTEROID; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; DROSOPHILA; FUNGAL CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS;

EID: 34249022684     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni0607-543     Document Type: Article

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