Toxicity of crude venom from Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) toward cultured cells and different developmental stages of mosquitoes and ticks David B. Rivers, Joseph Di Chira, Abby Tubman and Jay A. Yoder
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Venom-induced apoptosis of insect hemocytes Elaine H. Richards and M. Paulina Dani
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Regulation of the host nutritional milieu by ecto- and endoparasitoid venom Yutaka Nakamatsu, Masahiro Suzuki, Jeffrey A. Harvey and Toshiharu Tanaka
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Endoparasitoid venom proteins as modulators of host immunity and development Sassan Asgari
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Morphological and biochemical changes in cultured cells induced by venom from the endoparasitoid, Pimpla turionellae Bridget Keenan, Fevzi Uçkan, Ekrem Ergin and David B. Rivers
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Neuro-manipulation of hosts by parasitoid wasps Frederic Libersat and Ram Gal
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Venom from the endoparasitoid Pteromalus puparum (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) adversely affects host hemocytes: Differential toxicity and microstructural and ultrastructural changes in plasmatocytes and granular cells Gong-yin Ye, Jia-ying Zhu, Zhong Zhang, Qi Fang, Jun Cai and Cui Hu
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Biochemical characterization and mode of action of venom from the endoparasitoid wasp Pimpla turionellae L. Ekrem Ergin, Fevzi Uçkan and David B. Rivers
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Host responses to envenomation by ectoparasitic wasps as predictive indicators of biological control of manure breeding flies David B. Rivers
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