The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster unfolds the secrets of innate immunity

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 900-905

  Rämet, Mika ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Genetics; RNAi; Toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR KINASE 2; I KAPPA B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PEPTIDOGLYCAN RECOGNITION PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; NOBEL PRIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84864668622     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2012.02740.x     Document Type: Review

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