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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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Autores principales: Reynolds, Stuart, Rolff, Jens
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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
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spelling pubmed-27763992009-11-13 Immune function keeps endosymbionts under control Reynolds, Stuart Rolff, Jens J Biol Minireview 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. BioMed Central 2008 2008-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC2776399/ /pubmed/18947377 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol88 Text en Copyright © 2008 BioMed Central Ltd
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Immune function keeps endosymbionts under control
title Immune function keeps endosymbionts under control
title_full Immune function keeps endosymbionts under control
title_fullStr Immune function keeps endosymbionts under control
title_full_unstemmed Immune function keeps endosymbionts under control
title_short Immune function keeps endosymbionts under control
title_sort immune function keeps endosymbionts under control
topic Minireview
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18947377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol88
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