Host-generated double stranded RNA induces RNAi in plant-parasitic nematodes and protects the host from infection

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-222

  Yadav, Bindhya Chal ^a   Veluthambi, Karuppannan ^b   Subramaniam, Kuppuswamy ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Meloidogyne incognita; Parasitic nematodes; RNAi

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ARTICLE; CROP; GENE TARGETING; HOST; IMMUNITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TOBACCO; TYLENCHOIDEA;

NEMATODA;

EID: 33745365559     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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