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Inducible Antibacterial Defence System in Drosophila

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IN spite of an extensive literature1,2 little is known about the way in which insects defend themselves against bacteria. Antibodies have not been found in animals more primitive than certain species of fish3,4 and organ transplantation is possible in larvae of several species of Lepidoptera5 unopposed by defensive systems such as found in vertebrates.

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  1. Departments of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Umeå, S-901 87, Umeå

    HANS G. BOMAN, INGRID NILSSON & BERTIL RASMUSON

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BOMAN, H., NILSSON, I. & RASMUSON, B. Inducible Antibacterial Defence System in Drosophila. Nature 237, 232–235 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/237232a0

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