Novel Role for Animal Innate Immune Molecules: Enterotoxic Activity of a Snail Egg MACPF-Toxin

Gastropod Molluscs rely exclusively on the innate immune system to protect from pathogens, defending their embryos through maternally transferred effectors. In this regard, Pomacea snail eggs, in addition to immune defenses, have evolved the perivitellin-2 or PV2 combining two immune proteins into a...

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Autores principales: Giglio, Matías L., Ituarte, Santiago, Ibañez, Andrés E., Dreon, Marcos S., Prieto, Eduardo, Fernández, Patricia E., Heras, Horacio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7082926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32231667
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00428