Super-induction of Dicer-2 expression by alien double-stranded RNAs: An evolutionary ancient response to viral infection?

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 229-235

  Lozano, Jesus ^a   Gomez Orte, Eva ^a,c   Lee, How Jing ^b   Belles, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH OF LA RIOJA CIBIR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blattella; Dicer; Drosophila; Evolution of antiviral response; Evolution of virus sensing; Insect; MicroRNA; RNAi

Indexed keywords

DICER; DICER 2; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLATTA GERMANICA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; INSECT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; UPREGULATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BLATTELLIDAE; DNA, VIRAL; PHYLOGENY; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; UP-REGULATION;

BLATTELLA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; HEXAPODA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 84865131345     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: 1432041X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-012-0404-x     Document Type: Article

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