p38b and JAK-STAT signaling protect against Invertebrate iridescent virus 6 infection in Drosophila

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The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is a powerful model system for the study of innate immunity in vector insects as well as mammals.For vector insects, it is particularly important to understand all aspects of their antiviral immune defenses, which could eventually be harnessed to control the transmission of human pathogenic viruses.The immune responses controlling RNA viruses in insects have been extensively...

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