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Activation of Drosophila hemocyte motility by the ecdysone hormone

Drosophila hemocytes compose the cellular arm of the fly's innate immune system. Plasmatocytes, putative homologues to mammalian macrophages, represent ∼95% of the migratory hemocyte population in circulation and are responsible for the phagocytosis of bacteria and apoptotic tissues that arise...

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Autores principales: Sampson, Christopher J., Amin, Unum, Couso, Juan-Pablo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3863427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24285708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.20136619