Characterization of a yeast interfering RNA larvicide with a target site conserved in the synaptotagmin gene of multiple disease vector mosquitoes.

• Main Authors: Keshava Mysore (Author), Ping Li (Author), Chien-Wei Wang (Author), Limb K Hapairai (Author), Nicholas D Scheel (Author), Jacob S Realey (Author), Longhua Sun (Author), Joseph B Roethele (Author), David W Severson (Author), Na Wei (Author), Molly Duman-Scheel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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New mosquito control strategies are vitally needed to address established and emerging arthropod-borne infectious diseases. Here we describe the characterization of a yeast interfering RNA larvicide that was developed through the genetic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast) t...