Quantitative real-time reverse transcription-PCR analysis of deformed wing virus infection in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 436-441

  Chen, Y P ^a,b   Higgins, J A ^a   Feldlaufer, M F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; NUTRITION; WINGS;

BEES; DEFORMED WING VIRUS (DWV); HYBRIDIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION (RT);

VIRUSES;

BETA ACTIN; RNA;

VIRUS;

ARTICLE; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

ACARI; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DEFORMED WING VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 12244274359     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.1.436-441.2005     Document Type: Article

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