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One prophage WO gene rescues cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila melanogaster

Wolbachia are maternally inherited, intracellular bacteria at the forefront of vector control efforts to curb arbovirus transmission. In international field trials, the cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) drive system of wMel Wolbachia is deployed to replace target vector populations, whereby a Wolbach...

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Autores principales: Shropshire, J. Dylan, On, Jungmin, Layton, Emily M., Zhou, Helen, Bordenstein, Seth R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5948995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29686091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800650115