Insect tissue-specific vitellogenin facilitates transmission of plant virus.
Insect vitellogenin (Vg) has been considered to be synthesized in the fat body. Here, we found that abundant Vg protein is synthesized in Laodelphax striatellus hemocytes as well. We also determined that only the hemocyte-produced Vg binds to Rice stripe virus (RSV) in vivo. Examination of the subun...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-02-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5849359?pdf=render |