Control of coleopteran insect pests through RNA interference

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1322-1326

  Baum, James A ^a   Bogaert, Thierry ^b   Clinton, William ^a   Heck, Gregory R ^a   Feldmann, Pascale ^b   Ilagan, Oliver ^a   Johnson, Scott ^a   Plaetinck, Geert ^b   Munyikwa, Tichafa ^a   Pleau, Michael ^a   Vaughn, Ty ^a   Roberts, James ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b Devgen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROPS; PROTEINS; RNA;

INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS; WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM (WCR);

INSECT CONTROL;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; COLEOPTERA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INSECT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DIGESTION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; ZEA MAYS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35948984506     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1359     Document Type: Article

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