RNA interference is a powerful tool for chronobiological study in the cricket

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 144-151

  Tomioka, Kenji ^a   Sakamoto, Tomoaki ^a   Moriyama, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Clock genes; Locomotor activity; Photoperiodism; RNA interference (RNAi)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICKET; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRYLLIDAE; IMAGO; INSECT; INSECT GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 70350118051     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2009.00407.x     Document Type: Review

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