Histones join the fight against bacteria inside cells.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23150800.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.00302 and PMC identifier 3490148.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Experiments on Drosophila have shown that the histones that are normally bound to lipid droplets inside cells can be released to provide protection against infection.
Medical subject headings
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Histones
- Lipid Droplets
- Liver