Host haemocyte inactivation by an insect parasitoid: transient expression of a polydnavirus gene
Date
1996
Authors
Asgari, Sassan
Hellers, Marianne
Schmidt, Otto
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Journal article
Citation
Journal of General Virology, 1996; 77(10):2653-2662
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Sassan Asgari, Marianne Hellers, and Otto Schmidt
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Abstract
Polydnaviruses produced by the hymenopteran endoparasitoid Cotesia rubecula are deposited together with the egg into the lepidopteran host Pieris rapae and are apparently involved in the suppression of the host's defence system. Around 6 h post-parasitization host haemocytes change their surface properties, actin cytoskeleton structure and adhesion properties. Here we show that a single polydnavirus gene is expressed inside the caterpillar haemocytes in a transient fashion between 4 to 8 h post-parasitization.
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School of Agriculture, Food and Wine : Plant and Food Science