Identification of genes critical for resistance to infection by West Nile virus using RNA-Seq analysis

Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1664-1681

  Qian, Feng ^a   Chung, Lisa ^a   Zheng, Wei ^a   Bruno, Vincent ^b,f   Alexander, Roger P ^b   Wang, Zhong ^b,g   Wang, Xiaomei ^a   Kurscheid, Sebastian ^a   Zhao, Hongyu ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^a,c   Gerstein, Mark ^b,d   Snyder, Michael ^e   Montgomery, Ruth R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Yale University   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti viral gene expression; Immune response; Macrophage; RNA Seq; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MACROPHAGE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRAL GENETICS; WEST NILE FEVER;

ADULT; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; RNA; WEST NILE VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880130674     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v5071664     Document Type: Article

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