Direct cell-to-cell transmission of retrotransposons
Maya Voichek, Andreas Bernhard, Lea Lauterjung, Maria Novatchkova, Dominik Handler, Paul Möseneder, Liudmila Protsenko, Baptiste Rafanel, Svetlana Iu. Iarovenko, Peter Duchek, Kirsten-André Senti, Julius Brennecke
The paper identifies a noncanonical retrotransposon transmission mechanism in Drosophila that bypasses the need for viral envelope proteins.
Cell · Sep 1, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetics