Two venom serpins from the parasitoid wasp Microplitis mediator inhibit the host prophenoloxidase activation and antimicrobial peptide synthesis

Zhou, LZ; Wang, RJ; Lin, Z; Shi, SK; Chen, CH; Jiang, HB; Zou, Z; Lu, ZQ

Lu, ZQ (通讯作者),Northwest A&F Univ, Coll Plant Protect, Dept Entomol, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China.;Zou, Z (通讯作者),Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Zool, State Key Lab Integrated Management Pest Insects &, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.

INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2023; 152 ():

Abstract

Endoparasitoid wasps inject venom proteins into the hemocoel of host insects to ensure survival, growth, and development of their progenies by blockin......

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