@inbook{7af12b080c4e42b69f5e7c32a04975ba,
title = "Preparation and use of a yeast shRNA delivery system for gene silencing in mosquito larvae",
abstract = "The mosquito genome projects facilitated research in new facets of mosquito biology, including functional genetic studies in the dengue and Zika virus vector Aedes aegypti and the primary African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. RNA interference (RNAi) has facilitated gene silencing experiments in both of these disease vector mosquito species and could one day be applied as a new method of vector control. Here, we describe a procedure for the genetic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker{\textquoteright}s yeast) that express short hairpin RNA (shRNA) corresponding to mosquito target genes of interest. Following cultivation, which facilitates inexpensive propagation of shRNA, the yeast is inactivated and prepared in a ready-to-use dry tablet formulation that is fed to mosquito larvae. Ingestion of the yeast tablets results in effective larval target gene silencing. This technically straightforward and affordable technique may be applicable to a wide variety of mosquito species and potentially to other arthropods that feed on yeast.",
keywords = "Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae, Dengue, Development, Insect, Malaria, RNAi, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Vector, Zika",
author = "Keshava Mysore and Hapairai, {Limb K.} and Na Wei and Realey, {Jacob S.} and Scheel, {Nicholas D.} and Severson, {David W.} and Molly Duman-Scheel",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Ping Li, Longhua Sun, Chien-Wei Chen, Yingying Chen, Joanne Cunningham, and Diane Lovin for their technical assistance during development of these methodologies. Development of this protocol was funded by a United States Agency for International Development Award AID-OAA-F-16-00097 to MDS and by NIH/NIAID Award 1 R21 AI128116-01 to MDS, DWS, and NW. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-4939-8775-7_15",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "978-1-4939-8774-0",
series = "Methods in Molecular Biology",
publisher = "Humana Press Inc.",
pages = "213--231",
editor = "Brown, {Susan J} and Pfrender, {Michael E}",
booktitle = "Insect Genomics",
}