Inhibition of trypsin expression in Lutzomyia longipalpis using RNAi enhances the survival of Leishmania

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sant'Anna, Mauricio Rv ^a   Diaz Albiter, Hector ^a   Mubaraki, Murad ^a   Dillon, Rod J ^a   Bates, Paul A ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ENZYME; RNA; TRYPSIN; TRYPSIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME RELEASE; EPITHELIUM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; MEAL; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHODIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SURVIVAL; THORAX; WOUND HEALING;

LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 73449095808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-2-62     Document Type: Article

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