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Defense genes missing from the flight division
Birds have a smaller repertoire of immune genes than mammals. In our efforts to study antiviral responses to influenza in avian hosts, we have noted key genes that appear to be missing. As a result, we speculate that birds have impaired detection of viruses and intracellular pathogens. Birds are mis...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier Ltd.
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7172724/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23624185 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2013.04.010 |