Control of Mosquito-Borne Infectious Diseases: Sex and Gene Drive

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 219-229

  Adelman, Zach N ^a,b   Tu, Zhijian ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fralin Life Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BIOINFORMATICS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; CRISPR CAS9 SYSTEM; DENGUE VIRUS; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; DRIVE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; GENE; GENE DRIVE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE DETERMINING FACTOR GENE; MOSQUITO BITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; RNA EDITING; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VECTOR CONTROL; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; GENETICS; INSECT VECTOR; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CULICIDAE; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84960074826     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.12.003     Document Type: Review

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