Knockdown of ecdysis-triggering hormone gene with a binary UAS/GAL4 RNA interference system leads to lethal ecdysis deficiency in silkworm

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 790-795

  Dai, Hongjiu ^a   Ma, Li ^b   Wang, Jue ^a   Jiang, Rongjing ^a,b   Wang, Zhugang ^a   Fei, Jian ^a,c  

^a Shanghai Nan Fang Model Organism Research Center   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecdysis triggering hormone; RNAi; Transgenic silkworm; UAS GAL4 system

Indexed keywords

INSECT HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; RNA INTERFERENCE; SILKWORM; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BACULOVIRIDAE; BOMBYX; GENE DELETION; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC VECTORS; INSECT HORMONES; LARVA; PLASMIDS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 54749119267     PISSN: 16729145     EISSN: 17457270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7270.2008.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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