Wolbachia uses host microRNAs to manipulate host gene expression and facilitate colonization of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 9250-9255

  Hussain, Mazhar ^a   Frentiu, Francesca D ^a   Moreira, Luciano A ^a,c   O'Neill, Scott L ^a,b   Asgari, Sassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 2940; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDOSYMBIONT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT GENETICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS REPLICATION; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 79959341707     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105469108     Document Type: Article

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