Prophage WO genes recapitulate and enhance Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility

Daniel P. LePage, Jason A. Metcalf, Sarah R. Bordenstein, Jungmin On, Jessamyn I. Perlmutter, J. Dylan Shropshire, Emily M. Layton, Lisa J. Funkhouser-Jones, John F. Beckmann and Seth R. Bordenstein ()
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Daniel P. LePage: Vanderbilt University
Jason A. Metcalf: Vanderbilt University
Sarah R. Bordenstein: Vanderbilt University
Jungmin On: Vanderbilt University
Jessamyn I. Perlmutter: Vanderbilt University
J. Dylan Shropshire: Vanderbilt University
Emily M. Layton: Vanderbilt University
Lisa J. Funkhouser-Jones: Vanderbilt University
John F. Beckmann: Yale University
Seth R. Bordenstein: Vanderbilt University

Nature, 2017, vol. 543, issue 7644, 243-247

Abstract: The discovery of two genes encoded by prophage WO from Wolbachia that functionally recapitulate and enhance cytoplasmic incompatibility in arthropods is the first inroad in solving the genetic basis of reproductive parasitism.

Date: 2017
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