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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060
EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 108, No. 4, 2013, pp. 529-531
Bioline Code: oc13091
Full paper language: English
Document type: Short Communication
Document available free of charge

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 108, No. 4, 2013, pp. 529-531

 en DsRed2 transient expression in Culex quinquefasciatus check for this species in other resources mosquitoes
Wilke, André Barretto Bruno; Scaife, Sarah; Alphey, Luke & Marrelli, Mauro Toledo

Abstract

Culex quinquefasciatus check for this species in other resources mosquitoes have been successfully genetically modified only once, despite the efforts of several laboratories to transform and establish a stable strain. We have developed a transient gene expression method, in Culex, that delivers plasmid DNA directly to the mosquito haemolymph and additional tissues. We were able to express DsRed2 fluorescent protein in adult Cx. quinquefasciatus mosquitoes by injecting plasmids directly into their thorax. The expression of DsRed2 in adult Cx. quinquefasciatus mosquitoes is an important stepping stone to genetic transformation and the potential use of new control strategies and genetic interactions.

Keywords
Culex quinquefasciatus; transient expression; DsRed2

 
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