Drosophila serpins: Regulatory cascades in innate immunity and morphogenesis

Molecular and Cellular Aspects of the Serpinopathies and Disorders in Serpin Activity

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 207-227

  Gubb, David ^a   Robertson, Andrew ^b   Dafforn, Tim ^c   Troxler, Laurent ^d   Reichhart, Jean Marc ^d  

^a CIC BIOGUNE   (Spain)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

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EID: 67349240214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812707543_0008     Document Type: Chapter

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