A male-killing gene encoded by a symbiotic virus of Drosophila

Daisuke Kageyama; Toshiyuki Harumoto; Keisuke Nagamine; Akiko Fujiwara; Takafumi N. Sugimoto; Akiya Jouraku; Masaru Tamura; Takehiro K. Katoh; Masayoshi Watada

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37145-0

Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

A male-killing gene encoded by a symbiotic virus of Drosophila

Daisuke Kageyama,
Toshiyuki Harumoto,
Keisuke Nagamine,
Akiko Fujiwara,
Takafumi N. Sugimoto,
Akiya Jouraku,
Masaru Tamura,
Takehiro K. Katoh,
Masayoshi Watada

Affiliations

Daisuke Kageyama: Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Toshiyuki Harumoto: Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi
Keisuke Nagamine: Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Akiko Fujiwara: Center for Food Science and Wellness, Gunma University
Takafumi N. Sugimoto: Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Akiya Jouraku: Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Masaru Tamura: Division of Food Safety Information, National Institute of Health Sciences
Takehiro K. Katoh: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University
Masayoshi Watada: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37145-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Maternally inherited symbionts that kill male insect hosts are well known in bacteria, but are also beginning to be recognised in viruses. In this study, the authors identify a gene from a symbiotic virus genome that is responsible for the male-killing phenotype of this virus in the fly Drosophila biauraria.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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