A supracellular system of actin-lined canals controls biogenesis and release of virulence factors in parasitoid venom glands

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2261-2268

  Ferrarese, Roberto ^a   Morales, Jorge ^a   Fimiarz, Daniel ^a   Webb, Bruce A ^b   Govind, Shubha ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush border; Canal; Host; Parasitoid; Pathogen; Venom gland; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; INSECT PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; WASP VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WASP;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INSECT PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

CAMPOLETIS; GANASPIS XANTHOPODA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; LEPTOPILINA; LEPTOPILINA HETEROTOMA;

EID: 67650085852     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.025718     Document Type: Article

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