IFI16 is an innate immune sensor for intracellular DNA
10.1038/ni.1932
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Unterholzner, L., Keating, S. E., Baran, M., Horan, K. A., Jensen, S. B., Sharma, S., Sirois, C. M., Jin, T., Latz, E., Xiao, T. S., Fitzgerald, K. A., Paludan, S. R., & Bowie, A. G. (2010). IFI16 is an innate immune sensor for intracellular DNA. Nature Immunology, 11(11), 997–1004.

Authors 13
  1. Leonie Unterholzner (first)
  2. Sinead E Keating (additional)
  3. Marcin Baran (additional)
  4. Kristy A Horan (additional)
  5. Søren B Jensen (additional)
  6. Shruti Sharma (additional)
  7. Cherilyn M Sirois (additional)
  8. Tengchuan Jin (additional)
  9. Eicke Latz (additional)
  10. T Sam Xiao (additional)
  11. Katherine A Fitzgerald (additional)
  12. Søren R Paludan (additional)
  13. Andrew G Bowie (additional)
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@article{Unterholzner_2010, title={IFI16 is an innate immune sensor for intracellular DNA}, volume={11}, ISSN={1529-2916}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ni.1932}, DOI={10.1038/ni.1932}, number={11}, journal={Nature Immunology}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Unterholzner, Leonie and Keating, Sinead E and Baran, Marcin and Horan, Kristy A and Jensen, Søren B and Sharma, Shruti and Sirois, Cherilyn M and Jin, Tengchuan and Latz, Eicke and Xiao, T Sam and Fitzgerald, Katherine A and Paludan, Søren R and Bowie, Andrew G}, year={2010}, month=oct, pages={997–1004} }