Intrinsic Immunity

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cullen, Bryan R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 371
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Molecular biology.; Virology.; Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Plant pathology.; Invertebrates.; Biomedicine.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.; Molecular Medicine.; Plant Pathology.

Recent research has focused attention on the importance of intrinsic antiviral immunity, i.e. immunity mediated by factors that are constitutively expressed in many cells. In this volume, leading experts provide a comprehensive overview of this relatively new and rapidly evolving field. They cover i...