Tenuivirus uses a molecular bridge strategy to overcome insect midgut barriers for virus persistent transmission
Gang Lu, Shuo Li, Changwei Zhou, Xin Qian, Qing Xiang, Tongqing Yang, Jianxiang Wu, Xueping Zhou, Yijun Zhou, Xin Shun Ding, Xiaorong Tao
This study identifies NSvc2 as a glycoprotein that enables Rice stripe tenuivirus to overcome midgut barriers in its insect vector through a molecular bridge mechanism.
bioRxiv · Aug 30, 2018 · PreprintPathology