Evolution of host innate defence: insights from Caenorhabditis elegans and primitive invertebrates
Evolution of host innate defence: insights from Caenorhabditis elegans and primitive invertebrates
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The nematode
Caenorhabditis elegans
was developed as a model for studying bacterial virulence and innate immunity in 1999.
C. elegans
does not have circulating cells and seems to rely almost exclusively on epithelial immunity to combat pathogen attack. Several parallel immune response pathways have been identified that act...
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Evolution of host innate defence: insights from Caenorhabditis elegans and primitive invertebrates
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_733562563
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_733562563
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1474-1733
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1474-1741
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10.1038/nri2689
