Identification, RNAi knockdown, and functional analysis of an ejaculate protein that mediates a postmating, prezygotic phenotype in a cricket

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Marshall, Jeremy L ^a   Huestis, Diana L ^a   Hiromasa, Yasuaki ^a   Wheeler, Shanda ^a   Oppert, Cris ^b   Marshall, Susan A ^a   Tomich, John M ^a   Oppert, Brenda ^a,c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EJACULATE PROTEIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; TRYPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLONEMOBIUS SOCIUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICKET; FEMALE; INSECT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEOMICS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; SPERM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL AGING; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GRYLLIDAE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; TIME;

ALLONEMOBIUS SOCIUS; EUKARYOTA; GRYLLIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70449555129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007537     Document Type: Article

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