Defensive bacterial symbionts of fruit flies attack ribosomes of parasitic wasps

Friday, July 7, 2017 - 21:32 in Biology & Nature

Bacteria of the Spiroplasma genus produce toxic, ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) that appear to protect their symbiotic host flies against parasitic wasps.

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