Disruption of sperm release from insect testes by cytochalasin and β-actin mRNA mediated interference

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1744-1751

  Gvakharia, B O ^a   Bebas, P ^b   Cymborowski, B ^b   Giebultowicz, J M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apyrene sperm; Cytochalasin; Eupyrene sperm; Period gene; RNAi; Spodoptera littoralis

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EJACULATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTH; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA MEDIATED INTERFERENCE; TESTIS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOCHALASINS; DNA; MALE; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SPERMATOZOA; SPODOPTERA; TESTIS;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 0042830825     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3139-z     Document Type: Article

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