Arboviruses and symbiotic viruses cooperatively hijack insect sperm-specific proteins for paternal transmission

Arboviruses and symbiotic viruses can be paternally transmitted by male insects to their offspring, but the mechanism remains largely unknown. Here, the authors identify the sperm-specific serpin protein HongrES1 of the leafhopper Recilia dorsalis as a mediator of paternal transmission of the reovir...

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Main Authors: Jiajia Wan, Qifu Liang, Ruonan Zhang, Yu Cheng, Xin Wang, Hui Wang, Jieting Zhang, Dongsheng Jia, Yu Du, Wenhui Zheng, Dingzhong Tang, Taiyun Wei, Qian Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36993-0