
The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the principal vector for the yellow fever and dengue viruses, and is also responsible for recent outbreaks of the alphavirus chikungunya. Vector control strategies utilizing engineered gene drive systems are being developed as a means of replacing wild, pathogen transmitting mosquitoes with individuals refractory to disease transmission, or bringing about population suppression. Several of these systems, including Medea, UD(MEL), and site-specific nucleases, which can be used to drive genes into populations or bring about population suppression, utilize transcriptional regulatory elements that drive germline-specific expression. Here we report the identification of multiple regulatory elements able to drive gene expression specifically in the female germline, or in the male and female germline, in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. These elements can also be used as tools with which to probe the roles of specific genes in germline function and in the early embryo, through overexpression or RNA interference.
Male, 570, 1.1 Normal biological development and functioning, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, 610, Gene Expression, Genetically Modified, Genes, Insect, Article, Promoter Regions, Animals, Genetically Modified, Dengue, Genetic, Underpinning research, Aedes, Yellow Fever, Genetics, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Genomic engineering, Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional, Promoter Regions, Genetic, YELLOW-FEVER MOSQUITO; SELFISH GENETIC ELEMENTS; MAJOR ARBOVIRUS VECTOR; POPULATION-GENETICS; DROSOPHILA EMBRYO; MALARIA MOSQUITO; SALIVARY-GLANDS; DRIVE SYSTEM; EXPRESSION; DNA, Smad4 Protein, Prevention, Biological Sciences, Regulatory Elements, Insect Vectors, Vector-Borne Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Good Health and Well Being, Genes, Genetic engineering, Chikungunya Fever, Transcriptional, Female, Infection, Insect, Biotechnology
Male, 570, 1.1 Normal biological development and functioning, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, 610, Gene Expression, Genetically Modified, Genes, Insect, Article, Promoter Regions, Animals, Genetically Modified, Dengue, Genetic, Underpinning research, Aedes, Yellow Fever, Genetics, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Genomic engineering, Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional, Promoter Regions, Genetic, YELLOW-FEVER MOSQUITO; SELFISH GENETIC ELEMENTS; MAJOR ARBOVIRUS VECTOR; POPULATION-GENETICS; DROSOPHILA EMBRYO; MALARIA MOSQUITO; SALIVARY-GLANDS; DRIVE SYSTEM; EXPRESSION; DNA, Smad4 Protein, Prevention, Biological Sciences, Regulatory Elements, Insect Vectors, Vector-Borne Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Good Health and Well Being, Genes, Genetic engineering, Chikungunya Fever, Transcriptional, Female, Infection, Insect, Biotechnology
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