RNA interference in the termite Reticulitermes speratus: Silencing of the hexamerin gene using a single 21 nucleotide small interfering RNA-promoted differentiation of nymph to nymphoid

Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 527-546

  Nambu, Yumiko ^a,b   Tanaka, Hiromi ^b   Enoki, Akio ^b   Itakura, Shuji ^b  

^a Kankyo Eisei Yakuhin   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caste regulation; Double stranded RNA; RNAi; siRNA; Social insects

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 77950586161     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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