The Aedes aegypti toll pathway controls dengue virus infection

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Xi, Zhiyong ^a,b   Ramirez, Jose L ^a   Dimopoulos, George ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN TOLL; REL1 PROTEIN, AEDES AEGYPTI; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIRUS IMMUNITY; AEDES; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DENGUE VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS GROUP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 48249112228     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000098     Document Type: Article

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