Cell-to-cell spread of the RNA interference response suppresses semliki forest virus (SFV) infection of mosquito cell cultures and cannot be antagonized by SFV

Journal of Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5735-5748

  Attarzadeh Yazdi, Ghassem ^a   Fragkoudis, Rennos ^a   Chi, Yi ^a   Siu, Ricky W C ^a   Ülper, Liane ^b   Barry, Gerald ^a   Rodriguez Andres, Julio ^a   Nash, Anthony A ^a   Bouloy, Michèle ^c   Merits, Andres ^b   Fazakerley, John K ^a   Kohl, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN P19; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT CELL; INSECT CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSPORT; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOMBUSVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; MOSQUITO; VIROLOGY;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS; RABBIT FIBROMA VIRUS; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; TOGAVIRIDAE; TOMBUSVIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; CULICIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 66149098226     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02440-08     Document Type: Article

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