siRNA-Mediated Silencing of doublesex during Female Development of the Dengue Vector Mosquito Aedes aegypti

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Mysore, Keshava ^a,b   Sun, Longhua ^b   Tomchaney, Michael ^a,b   Sullivan, Gwyneth ^b   Adams, Haley ^a,b   Piscoya, Andres S ^a   Severson, David W ^a,b   Syed, Zainulabeuddin ^b   Duman Scheel, Molly ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLESEX PROTEIN; NANOPARTICLE; PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIFESPAN; MALE; MAXILLARY PALP; NONHUMAN; ODORANT RECEPTOR GENE; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSILLUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AEDES; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT VECTOR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84949595370     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004213     Document Type: Article

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