Non-specific antiviral response detected in RNA-treated cultured cells of the sandfly, Lutzomyia longipalpis

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-197

  Pitaluga, A N ^a,b   Mason, P W ^b   Traub Cseko, Y M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral response; Gene silencing; Innate immunity; LL5 cells; Lutzomyia longipalpis; siRNA; Virus like particle; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; LUCIFERASE; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHODIDAE; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 36549084038     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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