Ingested double-stranded RNAs can act as species-specific insecticides

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 824-832

  Whyard, Steven ^a   Singh, Aditi D ^a   Wong, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

tubulin; Drosophila; Insecticide; RNA interference; vATPase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INSECT PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; GENETICS; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; EATING; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBULIN;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PISUM SATIVUM; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 70449656948     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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