Chitin synthases are required for survival, fecundity and egg hatch in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 959-962

  Arakane, Yasuyuki ^a   Specht, Charles A ^b   Kramer, Karl J ^a,c   Muthukrishnan, Subbaratnam ^a   Beeman, Richard W ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin; Chitin synthase; Cuticle; Fecundity; Insects; Midgut; Peritrophic membrane; RNA interference; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OVIPARITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; CHITIN SYNTHASE; FEMALE; MALE; OVIPARITY; OVUM; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRIBOLIUM;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 50849106066     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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