Controlled chaos of polymorphic mucins in a metazoan parasite (Schistosoma mansoni) interacting with its invertebrate host (Biomphalaria glabrata).

• Main Authors: Emmanuel Roger (Author), Christoph Grunau (Author), Raymond J Pierce (Author), Hirohisa Hirai (Author), Benjamin Gourbal (Author), Richard Galinier (Author), Rémi Emans (Author), Italo M Cesari (Author), Céline Cosseau (Author), Guillaume Mitta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Invertebrates were long thought to possess only a simple, effective and hence non-adaptive defence system against microbial and parasitic attacks. However, recent studies have shown that invertebrate immunity also relies on immune receptors that diversify (e.g. in echinoderms, insects and mollusks (...