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Immune function keeps endosymbionts under control
How does an animal host prevent intracellular symbionts getting out of hand? A new paper in BMC Biology provides evidence that the mutualism between a beetle and its bacterial endosymbiont could be mediated through the expression of host immune genes.
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776399/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18947377 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol88 |