RNA-seq analyses of blood-induced changes in gene expression in the mosquito vector species, Aedes aegypti

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bonizzoni, Mariangela ^a   Dunn, W A ^a,b   Campbell, Corey L ^c   Olson, Ken E ^c   Dimon, Michelle T ^d,e   Marinotti, Osvaldo ^a   James, Anthony A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD; DIGESTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXON; FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT GENOME; MEAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUGAR INTAKE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CULICIDAE; DENGUE VIRUS GROUP; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS;

RNA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT VECTORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

EID: 79251582530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-82     Document Type: Article

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