Molecular Biology of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Caused by Wolbachia Endosymbionts
Hochstrasser M. Molecular Biology of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Caused by Wolbachia Endosymbionts. Annual Review Of Microbiology 2023, 77: 299-316. PMID: 37285552, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-041020-024616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytoplasmic incompatibilityMale killingHost ubiquitin systemEndosymbiotic bacteriaFemale germlineEukaryotic cellsCognate partnersEmbryonic lethalityBicistronic operonUbiquitin systemDownstream genesWolbachia endosymbiontReproductive advantageCI inductionMolecular biologyInfected femalesEndosymbiontsInfections of malesReproductive alterationsDeubiquitylaseDeubiquitylasesOperonParthenogenesisArthropodsGermline