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Complement-Related Proteins Control the Flavivirus Infection of Aedes aegypti by Inducing Antimicrobial Peptides

The complement system functions during the early phase of infection and directly mediates pathogen elimination. The recent identification of complement-like factors in arthropods indicates that this system shares common ancestry in vertebrates and invertebrates as an immune defense mechanism. Thioes...

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Autores principales: Xiao, Xiaoping, Liu, Yang, Zhang, Xiaoyan, Wang, Jing, Li, Zuofeng, Pang, Xiaojing, Wang, Penghua, Cheng, Gong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3983052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24722701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004027