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
1999
Semliki Forest virus as an expression vector in insect cell lines
Pettigrew M, O'neill S. Semliki Forest virus as an expression vector in insect cell lines. Insect Molecular Biology 1999, 8: 409-414. PMID: 10469258, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.83132.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsect cell linesGreen fluorescent proteinCell linesExpression vectorSemliki Forest virus (SFV) expression vectorAedes albopictus cell lineVirus expression vectorNovel transcriptsGFP proteinGene constructsSemliki Forest virusNorthern analysisFluorescent proteinViral transcriptionInitial characterizationInfection levelsTranscriptsProteinTranscriptionLinesVirusC6/36
1997
In vitro cultivation of Wolbachia pipientis in an Aedes albopictus cell line
O'Neill S, Pettigrew M, Sinkins S, Braig H, Andreadis T, Tesh R. In vitro cultivation of Wolbachia pipientis in an Aedes albopictus cell line. Insect Molecular Biology 1997, 6: 33-39. PMID: 9013253, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1997.00157.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research