Analysis of chitin synthase function in a plant parasitic nematode, Meloidogyne artiellia, using RNAi

Gene

Volumn 349, Issue , 2005, Pages 87-95

  Fanelli, Elena ^a   Di Vito, Mauro ^b   Jones, John T ^c   De Giorgi, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; Gene silencing; Parasitic nematodes

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PLASMID VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MELOIDOGYNE ARTIELLIA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 17044387281     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.11.045     Document Type: Article

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