Production of Virus-Derived Ping-Pong-Dependent piRNA-like Small RNAs in the Mosquito Soma

Elaine M. Morazzani; Michael R. Wiley; Marta G. Murreddu; Zach N. Adelman; Kevin M. Myles

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002470

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Production of Virus-Derived Ping-Pong-Dependent piRNA-like Small RNAs in the Mosquito Soma

Elaine M. Morazzani ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Elaine M. Morazzani, Michael R. Wiley

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Fralin Life Science Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Michael R. Wiley ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Elaine M. Morazzani, Michael R. Wiley

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Fralin Life Science Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Marta G. Murreddu,

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Fralin Life Science Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Zach N. Adelman,

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Fralin Life Science Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Kevin M. Myles

* E-mail: mylesk@vt.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Fralin Life Science Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Production of Virus-Derived Ping-Pong-Dependent piRNA-like Small RNAs in the Mosquito Soma

Elaine M. Morazzani,
Michael R. Wiley,
Marta G. Murreddu,
Zach N. Adelman,
Kevin M. Myles

Published: January 5, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002470

About the Authors

Elaine M. Morazzani

Contributed equally to this work with: Elaine M. Morazzani, Michael R. Wiley

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Fralin Life Science Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Michael R. Wiley

Contributed equally to this work with: Elaine M. Morazzani, Michael R. Wiley

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Fralin Life Science Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Marta G. Murreddu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Fralin Life Science Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Zach N. Adelman

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Fralin Life Science Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Kevin M. Myles

* E-mail: mylesk@vt.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Fralin Life Science Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMM MRW ZNA KMM. Performed the experiments: EMM MRW MGM. Analyzed the data: EMM MRW MGM ZNA KMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMM MRW MGM ZNA KMM. Wrote the paper: EMM KMM.

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