The efficiency of RNA interference in Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-86

  Park, Jung Eun ^a   Lee, Kyong Yun ^a   Lee, Se Jin ^a   Oh, Wan Suk ^a   Jeong, Pan Young ^a   Woo, Taeha ^b   Kim, Chang Bae ^b,c   Paik, Young Ki ^a   Koo, Hyeon Sook ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c Sangmyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cytochrome C; Heat shock protein 70; Myosin heavy chain; Pinewood nematode; RNAi; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HELMINTH RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BURSAPHELENCHUS XYLOPHILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HATCHING; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT GENE; LARVA; LETHALITY; MICROINJECTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; ANIMAL; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PINE; WOOD;

BURSAPHELENCHUS XYLOPHILUS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPORATION; GENES, HELMINTH; LARVA; MICROINJECTIONS; PHENOTYPE; PINUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER; TYLENCHIDA; WOOD;

EID: 53449095232     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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