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. 2013 Jul 16;8(7):e69161. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069161

Figure 2. Sc-SRP-6 is upregulated in invasive parasites.

Figure 2

A: The S. carpocapsae parasitic process. Infective juveniles (IJs) exposed to G. mellonella larvae recover and enter the insect mid-gut (L3-gut) to invade the intestinal barrier to become established in the hemocoel (L3-hem) where they molt (L4) and resume the life cycle in the insect carcass (adults, L1 and L2). B: Sc-SRP-6 relative expression was determined by real-time PCR using 18S as a control. Nematodes in each phase were collected from parasitised insects: L3-gut – third juveniles inside gut lumen; L3-hem – third juveniles in the hemocoel; L4– forth juveniles; and Adults – male and female; L1/L2– a pool of first and second juveniles. The bars represent standard deviations from three independent replicates. The different letters indicate significant differences (p<0.05).