Host-delivered RNAi: An effective strategy to silence genes in plant parasitic nematodes

Planta

Volumn 226, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1525-1533

  Fairbairn, David J ^a   Cavallaro, Antonino S ^a   Bernard, Margaret ^a   Mahalinga Iyer, Janani ^a   Graham, Michael W ^a   Botella, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nematode resistance; RNA interference; Root knot nematodes

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; NEMATODE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENES, HELMINTH; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; NEMATODA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TOBACCO;

MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 35348890227     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-007-0588-x     Document Type: Article

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