Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
PLoS Biol. 2022 May 25;20(5):e3001644. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001644. eCollection 2022 May.
The mechanism of symbiont-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) has been a long-standing mystery. A new study on Wolbachia's Cif proteins in PLOS Biology provides supportive evidence for the "Host modification model," although the alternative "Toxin-antidote model" is still in the running.
共生体诱导细胞质不亲和性(CI)的机制一直是一个长期存在的谜团。PLOS Biology 上一项关于沃尔巴克氏体 Cif 蛋白的新研究为“宿主修饰模型”提供了支持性证据,尽管替代的“毒素-解毒剂模型”仍在竞争中。