PIWI silencing mechanism involving the retrotransposon nimbus orchestrates resistance to infection with Schistosoma mansoni in the snail vector, Biomphalaria glabrata
Michael Smith, Swara Yadav, Olayemi G. Fagunloye, Nana Adjoa Pels, Daniel Horton, Nashwah Alsultan, Andrea Borns, Carolyn E. Cousin, Freddie Dixon, Victoria H. Mann, Clarence C. Lee, Paul J. Brindley, Najib M. El-Sayed, Joanna M. Bridger, Matty Knight
The paper investigates how PIWI and retrotransposon nimbus interact to modulate resistance to Schistosoma mansoni in Biomphalaria glabrata snails through epigenetic mechanisms.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases · Sep 8, 2021Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology