Targeting symbiosis-related insect genes by RNAi in the pea aphid-Buchnera symbiosis.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.02.004
Abstract: The growth and reproduction of phloem sap-feeding insects requires the sustained function of intracellular bacteria localized in specialized cells known as bacteriocytes, giving the potential to target the bacterial symbiosis as a novel strategy for… read more here.
Keywords: symbiosis; amid ldca1; symbiosis related; pea aphid ... See more keywords
Genome Evolution of the Obligate Endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola.
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DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz082
Abstract: An evolutionary consequence of uniparentally transmitted symbiosis is degradation of symbiont genomes. We use the system of aphids and their maternally inherited obligate endosymbiont, Buchnera aphidicola, to explore the evolutionary process of genome degradation. We… read more here.
Keywords: obligate endosymbiont; buchnera; endosymbiont buchnera; buchnera aphidicola ... See more keywords
A sRNA in a reduced mutualistic symbiont genome regulates its own gene expression
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.14424
Abstract: Similar to other nutritional endosymbionts that are obligate for host survival, the mutualistic aphid endosymbiont, Buchnera, has a highly reduced genome with few regulatory elements. Until recently, it was thought that aphid hosts were primarily… read more here.
Keywords: aphid; gene expression; expression; buchnera ... See more keywords
Elucidation of host and symbiont contributions to peptidoglycan metabolism based on comparative genomics of eight aphid subfamilies and their Buchnera
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010195
Abstract: Pea aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum) are insects containing genes of bacterial origin with putative functions in peptidoglycan (PGN) metabolism. Of these, rlpA1-5, amiD, and ldcA are highly expressed in bacteriocytes, specialized aphid cells that harbor the… read more here.
Keywords: metabolism; host symbiont; loss; buchnera ... See more keywords