Defense and Counterdefense in the RNAi-Based Antiviral Immune System in Insects

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 721, Issue , 2011, Pages 3-22

  van Mierlo, Joël T ^b   van Cleef, Koen W R ^b   van Rij, Ronald P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Insect antiviral immunity; Insect virus; RNA silencing; Small RNA profiles; Viral suppressor of RNAi (VSR)

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VIRUSES;

EID: 79960071162     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-037-9_1     Document Type: Chapter

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