Development of a Sindbis virus expression system that efficiently expresses green fluorescent protein in midguts of Aedes aegypti following per os infection

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-65

  Olson, K E ^a   Myles, K M ^a   Seabaugh, R C ^a   Higgs, S ^a   Carlson, J O ^a   Beaty, B J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Green fluorescent protein; Sindbis virus

Indexed keywords

GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MIDGUT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CULEX; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIROLOGY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ILEX COOKII; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 0034143955     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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