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An IMD-like pathway mediates both endosymbiont control and host immunity in the cereal weevil Sitophilus spp.

Many insects developing on nutritionally unbalanced diets have evolved symbiotic associations with vertically transmitted intracellular bacteria (endosymbionts) that provide them with metabolic components, thereby improving the host’s abilities to thrive on such poor ecological niches. While host-en...

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Autores principales: Maire, Justin, Vincent-Monégat, Carole, Masson, Florent, Zaidman-Rémy, Anna, Heddi, Abdelaziz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5759881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29310713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-017-0397-9