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Alexander W. E. Franz

University of MissouriORCID

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A. FRANZ, A. Franz, A. W. E. Franz, A.W.E. Franz, Alexander Franz, Alexander W E Franz, Alexander W. E. Franz, Alexander W. Franz, Alexander W.E Franz, Alexander W.E. Franz

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University of MissouriColorado State UniversityUniversity of California, IrvineKansas State UniversityInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
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Alexander W. E. Franz is an author at University of Missouri specializing in medicine, virology, and microbiology.

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Dengue Virus Type 2 Infections of Aedes aegypti Are Modulated by the Mosquito's RNA Interference Pathway

Irma Sánchez-Vargas, Jaclyn C. Scott, B. Katherine Poole‐Smith,

PLoS Pathogens

2009

457

Engineering RNA interference-based resistance to dengue virus type 2 in genetically modified <i>Aedes aegypti</i>

Alexander W. E. Franz, Irma Sánchez-Vargas, Zach N. Adelman,

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

2006

404

Vulnerability of primitive human placental trophoblast to Zika virus

Megan A. Sheridan, Dinar Yunusov, Velmurugan Balaraman,

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

2017

171

Heritable CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing in the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Shengzhang Dong, Jing‐Yi Lin, Nicole L. Held,

PLoS ONE

2015

123

The RNA interference pathway affects midgut infection- and escape barriers for Sindbis virus in Aedes aegypti

Cynthia Khoo, Joseph Piper, Irma Sánchez-Vargas,

BMC Microbiology

2010

117

Chikungunya virus dissemination from the midgut of Aedes aegypti is associated with temporal basal lamina degradation during bloodmeal digestion

Shengzhang Dong, Velmurugan Balaraman, Asher M. Kantor,

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

2017

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Using RNA interference to develop dengue virus resistance in genetically modified Aedes aegypti

Emily A. Travanty, Zach N. Adelman, Alexander W. E. Franz,

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

2004

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Fitness Impact and Stability of a Transgene Conferring Resistance to Dengue-2 Virus following Introgression into a Genetically Diverse Aedes aegypti Strain

Alexander W. E. Franz, Irma Sánchez-Vargas, Robyn Raban,

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

2014

76

Heterogeneity of midgut cells and their differential responses to blood meal ingestion by the mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Yingjun Cui, Alexander W. E. Franz

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

2020

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African and Asian strains of Zika virus differ in their ability to infect and lyse primitive human placental trophoblast

Megan A. Sheridan, Velmurugan Balaraman, Danny J. Schust,

PLoS ONE

2018

73

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