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Bugs in flies
Microarray analysis has identified a number of novel Drosophila genes that are induced by microbial infection.
Email: Jonathan B Weitzman - jonathanweitzman@hotmail.com News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20011212-01
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The mechanisms underlying the innate immune system are highly conserved from flies to mammals. In the December 18 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Phil Irving and colleagues describe a genome-wide screen for genes induced in Drosophila following infection with bacteria or fungi (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2001, 98:15119-15124).
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