Getting to the root of neuronal signalling in plant-parasitic nematodes using RNA interference

Nematology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-315

  Fleming, Colin C ^a   McKinney, Susan ^b   McMaster, Steven ^b   Johnston, Michael J G ^b   Donnelly, Philip ^b   Kimber, Michael J ^c   Maule, Aaron G ^b  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

flp genes; FMRFamide like peptides; Gene silencing; Locomotion; Migration; Neuropeptides; Parasitic nematodes; RNAi

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; JUVENILE; LOCOMOTION; NEMATODE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARASITE; PEPTIDE; RNA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 34547568793     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 15685411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854107781351981     Document Type: Review

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