Cellular immune response to parasitization in Drosophila requires the EBF orthologue collier.
Drosophila immune response involves three types of hemocytes ('blood cells'). One cell type, the lamellocyte, is induced to differentiate only under particular conditions, such as parasitization by wasps. Here, we have investigated the mechanisms underlying the specification of lamellocyte...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2004-08-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0020196 |