Localization of antimicrobial peptides in the tunic of Ciona intestinalis (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) and their involvement in local inflammatory-like reactions
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- 1 May 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Results in Immunology
- Vol. 1 (1), 70-75
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinim.2011.09.001
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Funding Information
- Italian Ministero della Istruzione, dell' Università e della Ricerca (MIUR)
- Cluster of Excellence “Inflammation at Interfaces” of the German Research Council (DFG)
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