title: Transfer of a chromosomal Maverick to endogenous bracovirus in a parasitoid wasp.
abstract: Bracoviruses are used by parasitoid wasps to allow development of their progeny within the body of lepidopteran hosts. In parasitoid wasps, the bracovirus exists as a provirus, integrated in a wasp chromosome. Viral replication occurs in wasp ovaries and leads to formation of particles containing dsDNA circles (segments) that are injected into the host body during wasp oviposition. We identified a large DNA transposon Maverick in a parasitoid wasp bracovirus. Closely related elements are present in parasitoid wasp genomes indicating that the element in CcBV corresponds to the insertion of an endogenous wasp Maverick in CcBV provirus. The presence of the Maverick in a bracovirus genome suggests the possibility of transposon transfers from parasitoids to lepidoptera via bracoviruses.
authors: Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, UMR CNRS 6035, Université F. Rabelais, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Parc Grandmont, 37200 Tours, France. catherine.dupuy@univ-tours.fr
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Dupuy
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Periquet
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Serbielle
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Bézier
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Louis
authors: J-M
authors: JM
authors: Drezen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D059006:Chromosomes, Insect / Q000235:genetics*; D023061:Gene Order; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal / Q000235:genetics*; D049750:Genome, Insect; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D018071:Polydnaviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016662:Virus Integration / Q000235:genetics; D014863:Wasps / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins