Drosophila immunity - Glorious past, dynamic present and exciting future

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-2

  Rämet, Mika ^a,b   Hultmark, Dan ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; DROSOPHILA; EDITORIAL; IMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INFECTION; INTESTINES; NOBEL PRIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 84886088676     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.07.013     Document Type: Editorial

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