RNAi analysis of nubbin embryonic functions in a hemimetabolous insect, Oncopeltus fasciatus

Evolution and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 705-716

  Hrycaj, Steven ^a   Mihajlovic, Michelle ^a   Mahfooz, Najmus ^a   Couso, Juan P ^b   Popadić, Aleksandar ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABD A PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; ABD-A PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NUBBIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECT; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; HETEROPTERA; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HETEROPTERA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; ONCOPELTUS FASCIATUS;

EID: 55049090357     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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