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A Novel Venom Peptide from an Endoparasitoid Wasp Is Required for Expression of Polydnavirus Genes in Host Hemocytes
30 Jul 2004
Abstract excerpt
Maternal factors introduced into host insects by endoparasitoid wasps are usually essential for successful parasitism. This includes polydnaviruses (PDVs) that are produced in the reproductive organ of female hymenopteran endoparasitoids and are injected, together with venom proteins, into the host hemocoel at oviposition. Inside the host, PDVs enter various tissue cells and hemocytes where viral genes are...
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