Inducing RNA interference in the arbovirus vector, Culicoides sonorensis

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 105-114

  Mills, M K ^a   Nayduch, D ^b   Michel, K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

biting midge; orbivirus; reverse genetics; vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS; ORBIVIRUS;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARBOVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARBOVIRUSES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LONGEVITY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84923128811     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imb.12139     Document Type: Article

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