Antiviral RNA interference responses induced by Semliki Forest virus infection of mosquito cells: Characterization, origin, and frequency-dependent functions of virus-derived small interfering RNAs

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2907-2917

  Siu, Ricky W C ^a   Fragkoudis, Rennos ^a   Simmonds, Peter ^a   Donald, Claire L ^a   Chase Topping, Margo E ^a   Barry, Gerald ^a   Attarzadeh Yazdi, Ghassem ^a   Rodriguez Andres, Julio ^a   Nash, Anthony A ^a   Merits, Andres ^b   Fazakerley, John K ^a   Kohl, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; INSECT CELL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, VIRAL; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ALPHAVIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; RABBIT FIBROMA VIRUS; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; TOGAVIRIDAE;

EID: 79952415597     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02052-10     Document Type: Article

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