Functional analysis of the circadian clock gene period by RNA interference in nymphal crickets Gryllus bimaculatus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 396-400

  Moriyama, Yoshiyuki ^a   Sakamoto, Tomoaki ^a   Matsumoto, Akira ^b   Noji, Sumihare ^c   Tomioka, Kenji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Clock gene; Cricket; dsRNA; Locomotor activity; period; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICKET; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RNA; ADULT; LOCOMOTION;

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GRYLLIDAE; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GRYLLIDAE; INSECT PROTEINS; LIGHT; NYMPH; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

EID: 66649107769     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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