Wolbachia is a common heritable bacterial symbiont in insects. Its evolutionary success lies in the diverse phenotypic effects it has on its hosts coupled to its propensity to move between host specie
During infection, interferon production leads to upregulation of the interferon-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15) which encodes the ubiquitin-like protein ISG15. ISG15 has a profound role in restricting intr
