title: Identification of Wolbachia--host interacting factors through cytological analysis.
abstract: Manipulation of host reproduction and efficient maternal transmission have facilitated the global spread of Wolbachia through millions of insect species. Cytological studies of the most common Wolbachia-induced phenotype, cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), demonstrate that Wolbachia induce CI by altering host cell cycle timing. Cytological analyses also suggest that microtubules and motor proteins may play a role in the maternal and somatic transmission of Wolbachia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. tram@biology.ucsc.edu
authors.forename: Uyen
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tram
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Ferree
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D018385:Centrosome / Q000502:physiology; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000502:physiology; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions / Q000502:physiology; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D014863:Wasps / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology*; D020577:Wolbachia / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins