Immune suppressive virus-like particles in a Drosophila parasitoid: Significance of their intraspecific morphological variations

Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-212

  Dupas, S ^a   Brehelin, M ^a   Frey, F ^a   Carton, Y ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Immune suppressive ability; Intraspecific variability; Leptopilina boulardi; Virus like particles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCOILIDAE; HETEROTOMA; LEPTOPILINA BOULARDI; LEPTOPILINA HETEROTOMA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029808039     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000081981     Document Type: Article

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