Differential Expression of Apoptosis Related Genes in Selected Strains of Aedes aegypti with Different Susceptibilities to Dengue Virus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ocampo, Clara B ^a   Caicedo, Paola A ^a   Jaramillo, Gloria ^a   Ursic Bedoya, Raul ^b,c   Baron, Olga ^a,d   Serrato, Idalba M ^a   Cooper, Dawn M ^b,e   Lowenberger, Carl ^b  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; CASPASE; CASPASE 16; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES AEGYPTI INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS 1 GENE; AEDREDD GENE; AEDRONC GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASPASE 16 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 2; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TITRATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DENGUE VIRUS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DENGUE VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS GROUP; DENGUE VIRUS TYPE 2; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84876040819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061187     Document Type: Article

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