The mechanism utilized by Toxoneuron nigriceps in inhibiting the host immune system

Insect parasitic factors of both maternal and embryonic origin allow the endoparasitoid progeny to elude the humoral and cellular immune system responses of their host. Endoparasitoid wasps of lepidopteran larval stages inject, along with venom and ovarian proteins, Polydnavirus particles acting in...

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Main Author: P Falabella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia 2018-06-01
Series:Invertebrate Survival Journal
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Online Access:https://isj02.unimore.it/index.php/ISJ/article/view/430