MicrobiologybioRxiv
The Tudor protein Veneno assembles the ping-pong amplification complex that produces viral piRNAs in Aedes mosquitoes
J. Joosten, P. Miesen, B. Pennings…·R. P. Van Rij
The paper identifies Veneno, a Tudor protein in Aedes aegypti, as essential for viral piRNA production via its role in assembling the ping-pong amplification complex with Ago3 and Piwi5.
DOI 10.1093/nar/gky1266