RNA interference as a metabolic engineering tool: Potential for in vivo control of protein expression in an insect larval model

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-190

  Kramer, Shannon F ^a,b,c   Bentley, William E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOGRAPHA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; CYPOVIRUS; INSECTA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES;

EID: 0141684664     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-7176(03)00027-2     Document Type: Article

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