An in vivo transfection approach elucidates a role for Aedes aegypti thioester-containing proteins in flaviviral infection.

Mosquitoes transmit pathogens that cause infectious diseases of global importance. Techniques to easily introduce genes into mosquitoes, however, limit investigations of the interaction between microbes and their arthropod vectors. We now show that a cationic liposome significantly enhances delivery...

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Main Authors: Gong Cheng, Lei Liu, Penghua Wang, Yue Zhang, Yang O Zhao, Tonya M Colpitts, Fabiana Feitosa, John F Anderson, Erol Fikrig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3144946?pdf=render