SID-I is implicated in systemic gene silencing in the honey bee

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-24

  Aronstein, Katherine ^a   Pankiw, Tanya ^b   Saldivar, Eduardo ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dsrna; Gene silencing; Honey bee; RNAi; RT PCR; Sid I; Toll receptor

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33646228637     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2006.11101307     Document Type: Article

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