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SUBMITTER: Lin Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6206080 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin Zhe Z Cheng Yang Y Wang Rui-Juan RJ Du Jie J Volovych Olga O Li Jian-Cheng JC Hu Yang Y Lu Zi-Yun ZY Lu Zhiqiang Z Zou Zhen Z
Frontiers in immunology 20181023
Parasitoid wasps depend on a variety of maternal virulence factors to ensure successful parasitism. Encapsulation response carried out by host hemocytes is one of the major host immune responses toward limiting endoparasitoid wasp offspring production. We found that VRF1, a metalloprotease homolog venom protein identified from the endoparasitoid wasp, <i>Microplitis mediator</i>, could modulate egg encapsulation in its host, the cotton bollworm, <i>Helicoverpa armigera</i>. Here, we show that th ...[more]