The anti-microbial defense of Drosophila [electronic resource] : a paradigm for innate immunity / Jules A. Hoffmann.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBiomedical & life sciences collection. Innate immunity : host recognition and response in health and disease: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2009Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (44 min.) : color, sound)Subject(s): Drosophila | Immunity, InnateOnline resources: Click here to access online | Series Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Contents: The insect host defense is a multifaceted process -- Systemic anti-microbial response in Drosophila -- NF-kB: a central transactivator in immune responses -- Gene cascade -- The Toll pathway -- Imd pathway mutants are sensitive to bacterial infections -- Toll pathway mutants are sensitive to fungal infections -- TLR family members and their ligands -- The semmelweis (seml) mutation compromises the anti-gram-positive defense -- Structural aspects of PGRPs -- NF-kB activation by Toll and IMD in Drosophila -- Investigating the response of Drosophila to virus infection -- Response to RNA virus infections -- Keeping parasite numbers low: role of the mosquito immune system -- Losses and amplification of Plasmodium in A. gambiae -- Cactus -- ThioEster-containing Protein 1 (TEP1).
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