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Host-Derived Lipids Sustain Membrane Biogenesis in an Obligate Endosymbiont
Kathrine Xin Yee TAN, Dolma MICHELLOD, Makoto ARITA…·Shuji SHIGENOBU
The paper investigates how host-derived lipids sustain membrane biogenesis in the obligate endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola, showing host lipid metabolism is critical for symbiont survival.
DOI 10.64898/2026.11.04.764378