Inducible Antibacterial Defense System in C. elegans
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Inducible Antibacterial Defense System in C. elegans
The term innate immunity refers to a number of evolutionary ancient mechanisms that serve to defend animals and plants against infection. Genetically tractable model organisms, especially Drosophila, have contributed greatly to advances in our understanding of mammalian innate immunity. Essentially, nothing is known about immune responses in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Using high-densi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00928-4