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Production of Virus-Derived Ping-Pong-Dependent piRNA-like Small RNAs in the Mosquito Soma
5 Jan 2012
Abstract excerpt
The natural maintenance cycles of many mosquito-borne pathogens require establishment of persistent non-lethal infections in the invertebrate host. The mechanism by which this occurs is not well understood, but we have previously shown that an antiviral response directed by small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) is important in modulating the pathogenesis of alphavirus infections in the mosquito. However, we report here...
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