Purification and Characterization of an Antimicrobial Peptide, Insect Defensin, From Immunized House Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)
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- 1 November 2010
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 47 (6) , 1141-1145
Abstract
The house fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae), is involved in phoretic movement of pathogenic agents, but it has a very efficient defense mechKeywords
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