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Large proportion of genes in one cryptic WO prophage genome are actively and sex-specifically transcribed in a fig wasp species

BACKGROUND: Cryptic prophages are genetically defective in their induction and propagation, and are simply regarded as genetic remnants. There are several putative cryptic WO prophages in the sequenced Wolbachia genomes. Whether they are lytic is unclear and their functions are poorly understood. On...

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Autores principales: Wang, Guan-Hong, Niu, Li-Ming, Ma, Guang-Chang, Xiao, Jin-Hua, Huang, Da-Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4201733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25311369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-893