Unravelling the relationship between the tsetse fly and its obligate symbiont Wigglesworthia: transcriptomic and metabolomic landscapes reveal highly integrated physiological networks
Bing X, Attardo GM, Vigneron A, Aksoy E, Scolari F, Malacrida A, Weiss BL, Aksoy S. Unravelling the relationship between the tsetse fly and its obligate symbiont Wigglesworthia: transcriptomic and metabolomic landscapes reveal highly integrated physiological networks. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2017, 284: 20170360. PMID: 28659447, PMCID: PMC5489720, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeptidoglycan recognition proteinsAfrican trypanosome parasitesTsetse fliesAmino acid metabolismWigglesworthia glossinidiaMultiple metabolic pathwaysObligate endosymbiontsMolecular chaperonesTransport machineryVertebrate bloodMetabolomic landscapeRecognition proteinsSeq analysisSymbiotic dialogueNucleotide biosynthesisAdenosyl methionineBiological functionsSpecialized cellsTsetse survivalTrypanosome parasitesEssential cofactorMetabolic pathwaysNew biological targetsAcid metabolismPhysiological networks