Unveiling metabolic integration in psyllids and their nutritional endosymbionts through comparative transcriptomics analysis
Summary: Psyllids, a group of insects that feed on plant sap, have a symbiotic relationship with an endosymbiont called Carsonella. Carsonella synthesizes essential amino acids and vitamins for its psyllid host, but lacks certain genes required for this process, suggesting a compensatory role of psy...
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Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-10-01
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Series: | iScience |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223020072 |