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

• Autores principales: Emmanuel Roger (Autor), Christoph Grunau (Autor), Raymond J Pierce (Autor), Hirohisa Hirai (Autor), Benjamin Gourbal (Autor), Richard Galinier (Autor), Rémi Emans (Autor), Italo M Cesari (Autor), Céline Cosseau (Autor), Guillaume Mitta (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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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 (...