Antiviral responses of arthropod vectors: an update on recent advances

VirusDisease

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 249-260

  Rückert, Claudia ^a,b   Bell Sakyi, Lesley ^a   Fazakerley, John K ^a   Fragkoudis, Rennos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Innate immunity; Midge; Mosquito; RNAi; Tick

Indexed keywords

IMD PROTEIN; JANUS KINASE; MICRORNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STAT PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTHROPOD; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TICK;

EID: 84941055538     PISSN: 23473584     EISSN: 23473517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13337-014-0217-9     Document Type: Review

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