Maternal germline-specific genes in the Asian malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi: Characterization and application for disease control

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-166

  Biedler, James K ^a   Qi, Yumin ^a   Pledger, David ^b,c   James, Anthony A ^b   Tu, Zhijian ^a  

^a Fralin Life Science Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Shadow Editing   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

An. stephensi; Disease; Gene drive; Transcriptome; Vector control; Vector borne

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; GERM LINE; MEAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NANOS GENE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPRODUCTION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSGENE; VECTOR CONTROL; VITELLOGENIN RECEPTOR GENE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GERM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, INSECT; GERM CELLS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84992008672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.114.015578     Document Type: Article

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