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Genomic Evolution of the Pathogenic Wolbachia Strain, wMelPop

Most strains of the widespread endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia pipientis are benign or behave as reproductive parasites. The pathogenic strain wMelPop is a striking exception, however: it overreplicates in its insect hosts and causes severe life shortening. The mechanism of this pathogenesis is cu...

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Autores principales: Woolfit, Megan, Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Iñaki, Brownlie, Jeremy C., Walker, Thomas, Riegler, Markus, Seleznev, Andrei, Popovici, Jean, Rancès, Edwige, Wee, Bryan A., Pavlides, Jennifer, Sullivan, Mitchell J., Beatson, Scott A., Lane, Amanda, Sidhu, Manpreet, McMeniman, Conor J., McGraw, Elizabeth A., O’Neill, Scott L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3845649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24190075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evt169