Cooler Temperatures Destabilize RNA Interference and Increase Susceptibility of Disease Vector Mosquitoes to Viral Infection

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Adelman, Zach N ^a   Anderson, Michelle A E ^a   Wiley, Michael R ^a   Murreddu, Marta G ^a   Samuel, Glady Hazitha ^a   Morazzani, Elaine M ^a   Myles, Kevin M ^a  

^a Fralin Life Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; DICER; MESSENGER RNA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; COLD CLIMATE; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 84878508956     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002239     Document Type: Article

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