Short interfering RNA-mediated gene silencing in Globodera pallida and Meloidogyne incognita infective stage juveniles

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-100

  Dalzell, Johnathan J ^a   McMaster, Steven ^a   Fleming, Colin C ^b   Maule, Aaron G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FMRFamide like peptides; Globodera pallida; Meloidogyne incognita; Plant parasitic nematode; Quantitative PCR; RNA interference (RNAi); Short interfering RNA (siRNA); Thermodynamic manipulation

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

BIOASSAY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; PEPTIDE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA; ROOT SYSTEM; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; GLOBODERA PALLIDA; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT PARASITIC PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; FMRFAMIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOVEMENT; PEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; THERMODYNAMICS; TYLENCHOIDEA;

GLOBODERA PALLIDA; MAMMALIA; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 72049114970     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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