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| Title |
The expression of one ankyrin pk2 allele of the WO prophage is correlated with the Wolbachia feminizing effect in isopods
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| Published in |
BMC Microbiology, April 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2180-12-55 |
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| Authors |
Samuel Pichon, Didier Bouchon, Chao Liu, Lanming Chen, Roger A Garrett, Pierre Grève |
| Abstract |
The maternally inherited α-Proteobacteria Wolbachia pipientis is an obligate endosymbiont of nematodes and arthropods, in which they induce a variety of reproductive alterations, including Cytoplasmic Incompatibility (CI) and feminization. The genome of the feminizing wVulC Wolbachia strain harboured by the isopod Armadillidium vulgare has been sequenced and is now at the final assembly step. It contains an unusually high number of ankyrin motif-containing genes, two of which are homologous to the phage-related pk1 and pk2 genes thought to contribute to the CI phenotype in Culex pipiens. These genes encode putative bacterial effectors mediating Wolbachia-host protein-protein interactions via their ankyrin motifs. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 50 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 49 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 30% |
| Researcher | 8 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 10% |
| Professor | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 7 | 14% |
| Unknown | 7 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 52% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 16% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 10% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Unknown | 7 | 14% |