Controlled Chaos of Polymorphic Mucins in a Metazoan Parasite (Schistosoma mansoni) Interacting with Its Invertebrate Host (Biomphalaria glabrata)

Invertebrates were long thought to possess only a simple, effective and hence non-adaptive defence system against microbial and parasitic attacks. However, recent studies have shown that invertebrate immunity also relies on immune receptors that diversify (e.g. in echinoderms, insects and mollusks (...

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Autores principales: Roger, Emmanuel, Grunau, Christoph, Pierce, Raymond J., Hirai, Hirohisa, Gourbal, Benjamin, Galinier, Richard, Emans, Rémi, Cesari, Italo M., Cosseau, Céline, Mitta, Guillaume
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2576457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19002242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000330

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