Non-retroviral endogenous viral element limits cognate virus replication in Aedes aegypti ovaries
Y. Suzuki, A. Baidaliuk, P. Miesen, L. Frangeul, A. B. Crist, S. H. Merkling, A. Fontaine, S. Lequime, I. Moltini-Conclois, H. Blanc, R. P. van Rij, L. Lambrechts, M.-C. Saleh
The paper shows that a non-retroviral EVE in Aedes aegypti limits replication of its cognate virus, CFAV, through piRNA-mediated antiviral activity in ovaries.
bioRxiv · Mar 28, 2020Microbiology