Noncoding subgenomic flavivirus RNA is processed by the mosquito RNA interference machinery and determines West Nile virus transmission by Culex pipiens mosquitoes

Journal of Virology

Volumn 90, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 10145-10159

  Goertz G P ^a   Fros, J J ^a,b   Miesen, P ^c   Vogels, C B F ^a   van der Bent, M L ^a   Geertsema, C ^a   Koenraadt, C J M ^a   van Rij, R P ^c   van Oers, M M ^a   Pijlman, G P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VIRUS RNA; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE FUNCTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT CELL; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE VIRUS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; CULEX; DENGUE VIRUS; GENETICS; INSECT VECTOR; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VERO CELL LINE; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DENGUE VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS; INSECT VECTORS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, VIRAL; VERO CELLS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; YELLOW FEVER VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84995470813     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00930-16     Document Type: Article

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