PIWIs Go Viral: Arbovirus-Derived piRNAs in Vector Mosquitoes

Pascal Miesen; Joep Joosten; Ronald P. van Rij

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006017

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PIWIs Go Viral: Arbovirus-Derived piRNAs in Vector Mosquitoes

Pascal Miesen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Pascal Miesen, Joep Joosten

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Joep Joosten ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Pascal Miesen, Joep Joosten

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0482-1143

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Ronald P. van Rij

* E-mail: ronald.vanrij@radboudumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0221-4689

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PIWIs Go Viral: Arbovirus-Derived piRNAs in Vector Mosquitoes

Pascal Miesen,
Joep Joosten,
Ronald P. van Rij

Published: December 29, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006017

About the Authors

Pascal Miesen

Contributed equally to this work with: Pascal Miesen, Joep Joosten

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Joep Joosten

Contributed equally to this work with: Pascal Miesen, Joep Joosten

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0482-1143

Ronald P. van Rij

* E-mail: ronald.vanrij@radboudumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0221-4689

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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