Viral proteins and effectors: new players for the outside

(... of insects)

The following paper will be analysed and exemplified as a novel virus-vector mode of interaction, both related to the location of interaction territory (external and cuticular, ie solid), and to the phenotype induced (behavioural)
Verdier, M., Chesnais, Q., Pirolles, E., Blanc, S., Drucker, M., 2023. The cauliflower mosaic virus transmission helper protein P2 modifies directly the probing behavior of the aphid vector Myzus persicae to facilitate transmission. PLoS Pathog 19, e1011161. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011161

The previous interaction (aphid vs caulimovirus) willl be the first of two examples, to illustrated the generality of such approaches which have been studied only recently. The second example will be:
Arnoldi, I., et al., 2022. A salivary .../... the mosquito labrum. Current Biology 32, 3493-3504.e11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.049