Dengue virus type 2 infections of Aedes aegypti are modulated by the mosquito's RNA interference pathway

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sánchez Vargas, Irma ^a   Scott, Jaclyn C ^a   Poole Smith, B Katherine ^a   Franz, Alexander W E ^a   Barbosa Solomieu, Valérie ^a   Wilusz, Jeffrey ^a   Olson, Ken E ^a   Blair, Carol D ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; DICER; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PROTEIN R2D2; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS 2; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCUBATION TIME; MOUTH INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AEDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENETICS; HAPLORHINI; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIROLOGY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARBOVIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS TYPE 2; RNA VIRUSES;

AEDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENGUE VIRUS; GENE SILENCING; HAPLORHINI; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 61449132473     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000299     Document Type: Article

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