Evidence of a tick RNAi pathway by comparative genomics and reverse genetics screen of targets with known loss-of-function phenotypes in Drosophila

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kurscheid, Sebastian ^a,b   Lew Tabor, Ala E ^a,b,c   Rodriguez Valle, Manuel ^a,c   Bruyeres, Anthea G ^a,c   Doogan, Vivienne J ^a,c   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^d   Guerrero, Felix D ^a,e   Barrero, Roberto A ^b   Bellgard, Matthew I ^a,b  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Beef Genetic Technologies ^*  (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 1 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; ARMITAGE; DICER; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN RISC; PROTEIN RM 62; PROTEIN RSD 2; PROTEIN RSD 3; PROTEIN RSD 6; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EGG LAYING; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HATCHING; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TICK; UBIQUITINATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BOMBYX MORI; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; CHELICERATA; COLEOPTERA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTORS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMICS; OVUM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHIPICEPHALUS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

EID: 65649094845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-10-26     Document Type: Article

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