Open questions: how does Wolbachia do what it does?

被引：8
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作者：
Jiggins, Francis M. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Dept Genet, Downing St, Cambridge CB23 8AF, England
来源：
BMC BIOLOGY | 2016年 / 14卷
基金：
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词：
INCOMPATIBILITY; ENDOSYMBIONTS; PROTECTION; PATHWAY; VIRUS;
D O I：
10.1186/s12915-016-0312-z
中图分类号：
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
A common symbiont of insects, the bacterium Wolbachia has been implicated in phenomena as diverse as sex determination, pathogen defence and speciation and is being used in public health programs to prevent mosquitoes transmitting disease. Despite decades of research, we know remarkably little about how it exerts its effects.
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