The complexity of Drosophila innate immunity

Invertebrate Survival Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-44

  Reumer, Ank ^a   Van Loy, T ^a,b   Schoofs, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Innate immunity; Signaling cascades

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155142195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1824307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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