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Insects may have complex immunity
The Scientist 2005, 19(17):24
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Insect immunity may display hitherto unsuspected molecular complexity. Researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston investigated whether Dscam – a gene made famous by its prolific alternative splicing – plays a role in immune response. "The number of immune receptors might go from a couple of dozen up to thousands in insects," says study coauthor Dietmar Schmucker.
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