Innate immunity

In this review, we discuss how studying the Drosophila immune system contributes to a better understanding of the basic principles of innate immunity. We describe the homologies between the insect and the vertebrate immune-regulatory mechanisms and convergent evolutionary traits of the Drosophila an...

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Main Authors: Honti Viktor
Kurucz Éva
Cinege Gyöngyi
Csordás Gábor
Andó István
Format: Article
Published: 2015
Series:Acta biologica Szegediensis 59
Kulcsszavak:Immunológia
Online Access:http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/35937
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Summary:In this review, we discuss how studying the Drosophila immune system contributes to a better understanding of the basic principles of innate immunity. We describe the homologies between the insect and the vertebrate immune-regulatory mechanisms and convergent evolutionary traits of the Drosophila and the vertebrate immune system.
Physical Description:1-15
ISSN:1588-385X