Co-option of a non-retroviral endogenous viral element in planthoppers

Abstract Non-retroviral endogenous viral elements (nrEVEs) are widely dispersed throughout the genomes of eukaryotes. Although nrEVEs are known to be involved in host antiviral immunity, it remains an open question whether they can be domesticated as functional proteins to serve cellular innovations...

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Main Authors: Hai-Jian Huang, Yi-Yuan Li, Zhuang-Xin Ye, Li-Li Li, Qing-Ling Hu, Yu-Juan He, Yu-Hua Qi, Yan Zhang, Ting Li, Gang Lu, Qian-Zhuo Mao, Ji-Chong Zhuo, Jia-Bao Lu, Zhong-Tian Xu, Zong-Tao Sun, Fei Yan, Jian-Ping Chen, Chuan-Xi Zhang, Jun-Min Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43186-2