Capillary feeding of specific dsRNA induces silencing of the isac gene in nymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 443-452

  Soares, C A G ^a,b   Lima, C M R ^a,b   Dolan, M C ^a   Piesman, J ^a   Beard, C B ^a   Zeidner, N S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Isac anticomplement; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; RNAi

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MAMMALIA; SPIROCHAETALES;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ISAC PROTEIN, IXODES SCAPULARIS; SALIVA PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE SILENCING; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SALIVARY PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 24044534508     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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