The Tudor protein Veneno assembles the ping-pong amplification complex that produces viral piRNAs in Aedes mosquitoes
J. Joosten, P. Miesen, B. Pennings, P. W. T. C. Jansen, M. A. Huynen, M. Vermeulen, R. P. Van Rij
The paper identifies Veneno, a Tudor protein in Aedes aegypti, as essential for viral piRNA production via its role in assembling the ping-pong amplification complex with Ago3 and Piwi5.
bioRxiv · Aug 15, 2018Microbiology