Articles by Sarah E. Aguirre in JoVE

RNAi-mediated Gene Knockdown and In Vivo Diuresis Assay in Adult Female Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

JoVE 3479 7/14/2012

Lisa L. Drake¹, David P. Price², Sarah E. Aguirre¹, Immo A. Hansen¹

¹Biology Department, New Mexico State University, ²Molecular Biology Department, New Mexico State University

In this protocol we combine RNAi-mediated gene silencing with an in vivo diuresis assay to study the effects knockdown of genes of interest has on mosquito fluid excretion.