Applications of RNA interference-based gene silencing in animal agriculture

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-58

  Long, Charles R ^a   Tessanne, Kimberly J ^a   Golding, Michael C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Lentivirus; Livestock; Transgenic.

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MICRORNA; MYOSTATIN; PRION PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVIAN LEUKOSIS ONCOVIRUS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA VIRUS; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORSE DISEASE; LIVESTOCK; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; ROUS SARCOMA ONCOVIRUS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNITY, INNATE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; LENTIVIRUS;

EID: 73649097641     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD09211     Document Type: Review

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