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Dietary supply with polyunsaturated fatty acids and resulting maternal effects influence host – parasite interactions

BACKGROUND: Interactions between hosts and parasites can be substantially modulated by host nutrition. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are essential dietary nutrients; they are indispensable as structural components of cell membranes and as precursors for eicosanoids, signalling molecules which...

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Autores principales: Schlotz, Nina, Ebert, Dieter, Martin-Creuzburg, Dominik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24175981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-13-41