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Cytokine Diedel and a viral homologue suppress the IMD pathway in Drosophila.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Jan 2016
Lamiable Olivier, Kellenberger Christine, Kemp Cordula, Troxler Laurent, Pelte Nadège, Boutros Michael, Marques Joao Trindade, Daeffler Laurent, Hoffmann Jules A, Roussel Alain, Imler Jean-Luc
Abstract excerpt
Viruses are obligatory intracellular parasites that suffer strong evolutionary pressure from the host immune system. Rapidly evolving viral genomes can adapt to this pressure by acquiring genes that counteract host defense mechanisms. For example, many vertebrate DNA viruses have hijacked cellular genes encoding cytokines or cytokine receptors to disrupt host cell communication. Insect viruses express suppressors...
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