A Serpin Released by an Entomopathogen Impairs Clot Formation in Insect Defense System

Duarte Toubarro; Mónica M. Avila; YouJin Hao; Natesan Balasubramanian; Yingjun Jing; Rafael Montiel; Tiago Q. Faria; Rui M. Brito; Nelson Simões

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069161

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A Serpin Released by an Entomopathogen Impairs Clot Formation in Insect Defense System

Duarte Toubarro ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Duarte Toubarro, Mónica M. Avila

Affiliation Centro Investigação Recursos Naturais do Centro de Biotecnologia dos Açores, Associate Laboratory of Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Department of Biology, University of Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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Mónica M. Avila ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Duarte Toubarro, Mónica M. Avila

Affiliation Centro Investigação Recursos Naturais do Centro de Biotecnologia dos Açores, Associate Laboratory of Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Department of Biology, University of Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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YouJin Hao,

Affiliation Centro Investigação Recursos Naturais do Centro de Biotecnologia dos Açores, Associate Laboratory of Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Department of Biology, University of Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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Natesan Balasubramanian,

Affiliation Centro Investigação Recursos Naturais do Centro de Biotecnologia dos Açores, Associate Laboratory of Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Department of Biology, University of Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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Yingjun Jing,

Affiliation Centro Investigação Recursos Naturais do Centro de Biotecnologia dos Açores, Associate Laboratory of Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Department of Biology, University of Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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Rafael Montiel,

Affiliation Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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Tiago Q. Faria,

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Rui M. Brito,

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Nelson Simões

* E-mail: simoes@uac.pt

Affiliation Centro Investigação Recursos Naturais do Centro de Biotecnologia dos Açores, Associate Laboratory of Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Department of Biology, University of Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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A Serpin Released by an Entomopathogen Impairs Clot Formation in Insect Defense System

Duarte Toubarro,
Mónica M. Avila,
YouJin Hao,
Natesan Balasubramanian,
Yingjun Jing,
Rafael Montiel,
Tiago Q. Faria,
Rui M. Brito,
Nelson Simões

Published: July 16, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069161

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