Transcriptional Regulation of Culex pipiens Mosquitoes by Wolbachia Influences Cytoplasmic Incompatibility

Sofia B. Pinto; Kirsty Stainton; Simon Harris; Zakaria Kambris; Elizabeth R. Sutton; Michael B. Bonsall; Julian Parkhill; Steven P. Sinkins

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003647

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Transcriptional Regulation of Culex pipiens Mosquitoes by Wolbachia Influences Cytoplasmic Incompatibility

Sofia B. Pinto ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sofia B. Pinto, Kirsty Stainton

Current address: Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.

Affiliations Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research and Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Kirsty Stainton ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sofia B. Pinto, Kirsty Stainton

Current address: Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.

Affiliations Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research and Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Simon Harris,

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Zakaria Kambris,

Current address: American University of Beirut, Department of Biology, Riad El-Solh, Beirut, Lebanon.

Affiliations Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research and Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth R. Sutton,

Affiliations Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research and Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Michael B. Bonsall,

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Julian Parkhill,

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Steven P. Sinkins

* E-mail: s.sinkins@lancaster.ac.uk

Current address: Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.

Affiliations Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research and Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Transcriptional Regulation of Culex pipiens Mosquitoes by Wolbachia Influences Cytoplasmic Incompatibility

Sofia B. Pinto,
Kirsty Stainton,
Simon Harris,
Zakaria Kambris,
Elizabeth R. Sutton,
Michael B. Bonsall,
Julian Parkhill,
Steven P. Sinkins

Published: October 31, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003647

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