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Immune Suppressive Extracellular Vesicle Proteins ofLeptopilina heterotomaAre Encoded in the Wasp Genome
2 Nov 2019
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Abstract Leptopilina heterotoma are obligate parasitoid wasps that develop in the body of their Drosophila hosts. During oviposition, female wasps introduce venom into the larval hosts’ body cavity. The venom contains discrete, 300 nm-wide, mixed-strategy extracellular vesicles (MSEVs), until recently referred to as virus-like particles. While the crucial immune suppressive functions of L. heterotoma MSEVs have...
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