Short interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of drosha and pasha in undifferentiated Meloidogyne incognita eggs leads to irregular growth and embryonic lethality

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1303-1310

  Dalzell, Johnathan J ^a   Warnock, Neil D ^a   Stevenson, Michael A ^a   Mousley, Angela ^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

Dicer; Drosha; Meloidogyne incognita; Pasha; Plant parasitic nematode; RNAi; Small interfering RNA (siRNA)

Indexed keywords

DICER; DROSHA; PASHA; RIBONUCLEASE III; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HELMINTH PROTEIN;

EGG; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME; GROWTH; HATCHING; JUVENILE; MATURATION; NEMATODE; PARASITE CONTROL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HATCHING; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; UPREGULATION; WORM EGG; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TYLENCHOIDEA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; OVUM; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TYLENCHOIDEA;

ANIMALIA; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; NEMATODA;

EID: 77954757866     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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