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Functional dissection of an innate immune response by a genome-wide RNAi screen.
PLoS biology - 1 Aug 2004
Foley Edan, O'Farrell Patrick H
Abstract excerpt
The innate immune system is ancient and highly conserved. It is the first line of defense and the only recognizable immune system in the vast majority of metazoans. Signaling events that convert pathogen detection into a defense response are central to innate immunity. Drosophila has emerged as an invaluable model organism for studying this regulation. Activation of the NF-kappaB family member Relish by the...
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