Eater and draper are involved in the periostial haemocyte immune response in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae

Haemocytes respond to infection by phagocytosing pathogens, producing the enzymes that drive the phenoloxidase‐based melanization cascade, secreting lytic factors, and producing other humoral proteins. A subset of haemocytes, called periostial haemocytes, aggregate on the surface of the heart of mos...

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