Innate immunity in the simplest animals – placozoans

Abstract Background Innate immunity provides the core recognition system in animals for preventing infection, but also plays an important role in managing the relationship between an animal host and its symbiont. Most of our knowledge about innate immunity stems from a few animal model systems, but...

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Main Authors: Kai Kamm, Bernd Schierwater, Rob DeSalle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-018-5377-3