A family of helminth molecules that modulate innate cell responses via molecular mimicry of host antimicrobial peptides.

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Published in PLoS Pathog on May 12, 2011

Authors

Mark W Robinson1, Sheila Donnelly, Andrew T Hutchinson, Joyce To, Nicole L Taylor, Raymond S Norton, Matthew A Perugini, John P Dalton

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1: Infection, Immunity and Innovation (i3) Institute, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, Sydney, Australia. mark.robinson@uts.edu.au

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