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SUBMITTER: Smartt CT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2754826 | biostudies-other | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Smartt Chelsea T CT Richards Stephanie L SL Anderson Sheri L SL Erickson Jennifer S JS
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20090801 2
Alterations in gene expression in the midgut of female Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus exposed to blood meals containing 6.8 logs plaque-forming units/mL of West Nile virus (WNV) were studied by fluorescent differential display. Twenty-six different cDNAs exhibited reproducible differences after feeding on infected blood. Of these, 21 cDNAs showed an increase in expression, and 5 showed a decrease in expression as a result of WNV presence in the blood meal. GenBank database searches showed that o ...[more]