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Masquerading as self? Endoparasitic Strepsiptera (Insecta) enclose themselves in host-derived epidermal bag

We report here the case of a metazoan parasite, a strepsipteran, that manipulates host epidermal tissue and wraps itself within it; which probably camouflages the endoparasite and is recognized as ``self'' by the host. This mechanism is one of immune avoidance among parasitoid insects. The...

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Main Authors: Kathirithamby, Jeyaraney, Ross, Larry D., Johnston, J. Spencer
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: National Academy of Sciences 2003
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC164643/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12788973
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1131999100
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