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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Language: | English |
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University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
2018-06-01
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Series: | Invertebrate Survival Journal |
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Online Access: | https://isj02.unimore.it/index.php/ISJ/article/view/430 |