A draft genome sequence of an invasive mosquito: An Italian Aedes albopictus

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 207-220

  Dritsou, Vicky ^a   Topalis, Pantelis ^b   Windbichler, Nikolai ^c   Simoni, Alekos ^c   Hall, Ann ^c   Lawson, Daniel ^d   Hinsley, Malcolm ^d   Hughes, Daniel ^d   Napolioni, Valerio ^a   Crucianelli, Francesca ^a   Deligianni, Elena ^b   Gasperi, Giuliano ^e   Gomulski, Ludvik M ^e   Savini, Grazia ^e   Manni, Mosè ^e   Scolari, Francesca ^e   Malacrida, Anna R ^e   Arcà, Bruno ^f   Ribeiro, Jose M ^g   Lombardo, Fabrizio ^f   Saccone, Giuseppe ^h   Salvemini, Marco ^h   Moretti, Riccardo ⁱ   Aprea, Giuseppe ⁱ   Calvitti, Maurizio ⁱ   Picciolini, Matteo ^a   Papathanos, Philippos Aris ^c,j   Spaccapelo, Roberta ^j   Favia, Guido ^k   Crisanti, Andrea ^a,c,j   Louis, Christos ^b,j   more..

^a Polo d'Innovazione Genomica Genetica e Biologia SCaRL Edificio D 4 piano Polo Unico di Medicina 'Santa Maria della Misericordia'   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

ⁱ ENEA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

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Author keywords

BUSCO; Chikungunya; Dengue fever; Disease vector; Invasive species; NGS; Repetitive DNA; Transposable elements; WGS

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; DENGUE VIRUS; HETEROZYGOSITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AEDES; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INSECT GENOME; ITALY; MALE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOME, INSECT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84942309130     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773215Y.0000000031     Document Type: Article

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