The Wolbachia cytoplasmic incompatibility enzyme CidB targets nuclear import and protamine-histone exchange factors
Intracellular Wolbachia bacteria manipulate arthropod reproduction to promote their own inheritance. The most prevalent mechanism, cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), traces to a Wolbachia deubiquitylase, CidB, and CidA. CidB has properties of a toxin, while CidA binds CidB and rescues embryonic viabi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2019-11-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/50026 |