RNA interference of the period gene affects the rhythm of sperm release in moths

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-34

  Kotwica, Joanna ^a   Bebas, Piotr ^a   Gvakharia, Barbara O ^b   Giebultowicz, Jadwiga M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Period; RNAi; Sperm release; Spodoptera littoralis

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIOD GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 58449101267     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730408329109     Document Type: Article

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