Identification of microRNAs expressed in two mosquito vectors, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Skalsky, Rebecca L ^a   Vanlandingham, Dana L ^c   Scholle, Frank ^b   Higgs, Stephen ^c   Cullen, Bryan R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; AEDES; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CELL LINE; CULEX; GENETICS; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DENGUE VIRUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MICRORNAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77949470329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-119     Document Type: Article

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