Protection from within

Elife. 2017 Jan 12:6:e24111. doi: 10.7554/eLife.24111.

Abstract

The development of the tsetse fly immune system relies on a cue from an endosymbiotic bacterium called Wigglesworthia.

Keywords: D. melanogaster; crystal cell; developmental biology; hematopoiesis; immunology; odorant binding protein; stem cells; symbiont; symbiosis; tsetse fly.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Hematopoiesis
  • Odorants*
  • Symbiosis
  • Tsetse Flies*
  • Wigglesworthia