The RNA silencing endonuclease Argonaute 2 mediates specific antiviral immunity in Drosophila melanogaster

Genes and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2985-2995

  Van Rij, Ronald P ^a   Saleh, Maria Carla ^a   Berry, Bassam ^b   Foo, Catherine ^a   Houk, Andrew ^a   Antoniewski, Christophe ^b   Andino, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antiviral defense; Cricket paralysis virus; Drosophila C virus; dsRNA binding domain; RNAi suppressor

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 ENDONUCLEASE; ENDONUCLEASE; MICRORNA; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICKET PARALYSIS VIRUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DROSOPHILA C VIRUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INSECT VIRUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; SUPPRESSOR GENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; INSECT VIRUSES; RNA HELICASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ARTHROPODA; CRICKET PARALYSIS VIRUS; DROSOPHILA C VIRUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33751120715     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1482006     Document Type: Article

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