2000
Wolbachia neither induces nor suppresses transcripts encoding antimicrobial peptides
Bourtzis K, Pettigrew M, O’Neill S. Wolbachia neither induces nor suppresses transcripts encoding antimicrobial peptides. Insect Molecular Biology 2000, 9: 635-639. PMID: 11122472, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00224.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsect speciesCytoplasmic incompatibilityDifferent tissue tropismsSingle WolbachiaDefensin genesAntibacterial genesArthropod speciesAnopheles gambiaeWolbachiaExpression patternsMosquito speciesSpeciesGenesMosquito defensinUbiquitous parasiteHost immune systemImmune systemTissue tropismAntimicrobial peptidesTranscriptionAedes aegyptiAedes albopictusReproductive abnormalitiesDrosophilaParthenogenesis
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Control of Vector‐Borne Disease by Genetic Manipulation of Insect Populations: Technological Requirements and Research Priorities
PETTIGREW M, O'NEILL S. Control of Vector‐Borne Disease by Genetic Manipulation of Insect Populations: Technological Requirements and Research Priorities. Australian Journal Of Entomology 1997, 36: 309-317. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1997.tb01477.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImportant vector speciesVector-borne diseasesInsect populationsNatural vector populationsInsect vectorsGenetic manipulationAnopheles gambiaeTransformation systemVector speciesTsetse fliesVector populationsDisease systemsImportant vector-borne diseasesTraitsVector borne diseasesAfrican trypanosomiasisComplex epidemiologyRecent advances