Cell reportsAnimalsWolbachiaDrosophila melanogasterReproductionAcetylation
Beyond Wolbachia-Can a small molecule control insect reproduction?
Robson Kriiger Loterio, Johanna Elisabeth Fraser
Published: 202510.1016/j.celrep.2025.116335
Abstract
Kaur et al.1 demonstrate reduced histone acetylation as a key mechanism underpinning Wolbachia's paternal-effect embryonic lethality trait in Drosophila melanogaster. Recapitulation of this trait by inhibiting host histone acetyltransferase activity…
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