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- 2019
Robbing Host Phosphatidic Acid to Survive: A Strategy of a Fly ParasiteDOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2019.03.006 Abstract: Drosophila flies can be infected by an obligate fungal intracellular parasite, Tubulinosema ratisbonensis, resulting in a swollen abdomen and often death. Within the fly, the parasite multiplies in the cytoplasm of adipocytes of the fat body, feeds on host lipid droplets, and has a specific requirement for dietary phosphatidic acid
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