Gene silencing in tick cell lines using small interfering or long double-stranded RNA

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 319-338

  Barry, Gerald ^a,b   Alberdi, Pilar ^a   Schnettler, Esther ^a,b   Weisheit, Sabine ^a   Kohl, Alain ^a,b   Fazakerley, John K ^a,c   Bell Sakyi, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW CENTRE FOR VIRUS RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dsRNA; Gene silencing; RNAi; siRNA; Tick cell line; Transfection

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; INCUBATION; PROTEIN; RNA; TICK; VIRUS;

AMBLYOMMA; BOOPHILUS; HARNESS; HYALOMMA; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 84873159091     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-012-9598-x     Document Type: Article

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