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Systemic Bacterial Infection and Immune Defense Phenotypes in Drosophila Melanogaster
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Systemic Bacterial Infection and Immune Defense Phenotypes in Drosophila Melanogaster

Published on: May 13, 2015

Inducible antibacterial defence system in Drosophila

H G Boman, I Nilsson, B Rasmuson

    Nature
    |May 26, 1972
    PubMed
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