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Induced Bactericidal Response in a Sipunculid Worm

1969; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 222; Issue: 5194 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/222695a0

1476-4687

E. Edward Evans, Peter F. Weinheimer, Ronald T. Acton, John E. Cushing,

Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities

THERE is increasing evidence that inducible immunity may be demonstrated in several invertebrate species using appropriate methods. The bactericidal system1,2 seems to occupy an important position in the phylogenetic emergence of inducible immunity. Such responses and others have been reviewed recently2,3.