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Bug detectors

Nature volume 414, pages 701–703 (2001)Cite this article

Insects and mammals are thought to have similar 'innate' immune responses to infectious microorganisms. But there are differences, and even more now emerge from studies of how insects detect bacteria.

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Figure 1: Innate immunity in insects and mammals.

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  1. Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, 565-0871

    Tsuneyasu Kaisho & Shizuo Akira

  2. SORST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Japan

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