Knockdown of piRNA pathway proteins results in enhanced Semliki Forest virus production in mosquito cells

Esther Schnettler; Claire L Donald; Stacey Human; Mick Watson; Ricky WC Siu; Melanie McFarlane; John K Fazakerley; Alain Kohl; Rennos Fragkoudis

Journal article

Knockdown of piRNA pathway proteins results in enhanced Semliki Forest virus production in mosquito cells

Esther Schnettler, Claire L Donald, Stacey Human, Mick Watson, Ricky WC Siu, Melanie McFarlane, John K Fazakerley, Alain Kohl, Rennos Fragkoudis

Journal of General Virology | MICROBIOLOGY SOC | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.053850-0

University of Melbourne Researchers

John Fazakerley Author Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences

Grants

Awarded by Rubicon fellowship (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research NWO)

Awarded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Awarded by Medical Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by a Rubicon fellowship (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research NWO, grant 825.10.021) (E. S.), a Southern African Research fellowship (S. H.), the UK Medical Research Council (A. K.), a BBSRC Roslin Institute Strategic Programme Grant (J. K. F., A. K.) and The Pirbright Institute (J. K. F., R. F.). We thank Andres Merits for providing viral constructs.