Innate Immunity of Plants, Animals, and Humans

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Heine, Holger (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology, 21
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Immunology.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Developmental biology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Biochemistry, general.; Developmental Biology.

All living organisms are in a constant battle against their environment. Since uncontained microorganisms would simply overgrow all higher animals, the evolution of multicellular organisms required adequate and efficient defense mechanisms to protect their own integrity and to ensure their own survi...