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Rep virulence genes have been recruited convergently by nudivirus-derived Virus-Like Particles and ichnoviruses of Campoplegine wasps
A. Cerqueira de Araujo, M. Leobold, M. Cariou…·E. Huguet
The paper shows that nudivirus-derived VLPs and ichnoviruses in Campopleginae wasps independently recruit virulence genes, with different protein content but similar functional roles in parasitism.
DOI 10.1101/2023.12.12.569846