Characterization of the Zika virus induced small RNA response in Aedes aegypti cells.

• Main Authors: Margus Varjak (Author), Claire L Donald (Author), Timothy J Mottram (Author), Vattipally B Sreenu (Author), Andres Merits (Author), Kevin Maringer (Author), Esther Schnettler (Author), Alain Kohl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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RNA interference (RNAi) controls arbovirus infections in mosquitoes. Two different RNAi pathways are involved in antiviral responses: the PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) and exogenous short interfering RNA (exo-siRNA) pathways, which are characterized by the production of virus-derived small RNAs of 25...