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Ulrich Theopold1, Robert Krautz, Mitchell S Dushay

  • 1Department of Molecular Biosciences, Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.

Developmental and Comparative Immunology
|April 3, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
APMAPHmlIgInnate immunityInsect immunityPhenoloxidaseTransglutaminaseadipocyte membrane associated proteinhemolectinimmunoglobulin

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