Aphids evolved novel secreted proteins for symbiosis with bacterial endosymbiont
Aphids evolved novel cells, called bacteriocytes, that differentiate specifically to harbour the obligatory mutualistic endosymbiotic bacteria Buchnera aphidicola. The genome of the host aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum contains many orphan genes that display no similarity with genes found in other sequenc...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574423/ |