Transcriptome analysis of aedes aegypti transgenic mosquitoes with altered immunity

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Zou, Zhen ^a   Souza Neto, Jayme ^b,c   Xi, Zhiyong ^b,d   Kokoza, Vladimir ^a   Shin, Sang Woon ^a   Dimopoulos, George ^b   Raikhel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; JANUS KINASE; PROTEIN INHIBITOR OF ACTIVATED STAT; STAT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CACTUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CASPAR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IMD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL2; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECT PROTEIN; REL1 PROTEIN, AEDES AEGYPTI;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRID; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WILD TYPE; AEDES; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CACTACEAE; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DOWN-REGULATION; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INSECT PROTEINS; NF-KAPPA B; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 81755177694     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002394     Document Type: Article

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