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Comment
. 2006 Jul;4(7):e246.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040246. Epub 2006 Jun 20.

A protean insect receptor holds the key to broad-based pathogen recognition

Liza Gross
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A protean insect receptor holds the key to broad-based pathogen recognition

Liza Gross. PLoS Biol. 2006 Jul.
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Blood-sucking Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes possess a hypervariable pattern recognition receptor capable of producing thousands of possible alternative splice forms to fight infection. (Photo: Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute)
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