Integrative approach reveals composition of endoparasitoid wasp venoms.

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and its endoparasitoid wasps are a developing model system for interactions between host immune responses and parasite virulence mechanisms. In this system, wasps use diverse venom cocktails to suppress the conserved fly cellular encapsulation response. Although...

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Main Authors: Jeremy Goecks, Nathan T Mortimer, James A Mobley, Gregory J Bowersock, James Taylor, Todd A Schlenke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3662768?pdf=render