Polymorphism analyses and protein modelling inform on functional specialization of Piwi clade genes in the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus.

• Main Authors: Michele Marconcini (Author), Luis Hernandez (Author), Giuseppe Iovino (Author), Vincent Houé (Author), Federica Valerio (Author), Umberto Palatini (Author), Elisa Pischedda (Author), Jacob E Crawford (Author), Bradley J White (Author), Teresa Lin (Author), Rebeca Carballar-Lejarazu (Author), Lino Ometto (Author), Federico Forneris (Author), Anna-Bella Failloux (Author), Mariangela Bonizzoni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Current knowledge of the piRNA pathway is based mainly on studies on Drosophila melanogaster where three proteins of the Piwi subclade of the Argonaute family interact with PIWI-interacting RNAs to silence transposable elements in gonadal tissues. In mosquito species that transmit epidemic arbovirus...