RNA interference in Lepidoptera: An overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-245

  Terenius, Olle ^a   Papanicolaou, Alexie ^b,c   Garbutt, Jennie S ^d   Eleftherianos, Ioannis ^e   Huvenne, Hanneke ^f   Kanginakudru, Sriramana ^g   Albrechtsen, Merete ^h   An, Chunju ⁱ   Aymeric, Jean Luc ^j   Barthel, Andrea ^k   Bebas, Piotr ^l   Bitra, Kavita ^m   Bravo, Alejandra ⁿ   Chevalier, François ^j   Collinge, Derek P ^c,o   Crava, Cristina M ^p   de Maagd, Ruud A ^q   Duvic, Bernard ^j   Erlandson, Martin ^r,s   Faye, Ingrid ^t   Felföldi, Gabriella ^u   Fujiwara, Haruhiko ^v   Futahashi, Ryo ^v,w   Gandhe, Archana S ^g   Gatehouse, Heather S ^x   Gatehouse, Laurence N ^x   Giebultowicz, Jadwiga M ^y   Gómez, Isabel ⁿ   Grimmelikhuijzen, Cornelis J P ^h   Groot, Astrid T ^k   Hauser, Frank ^h   Heckel, David G ^k   Hegedus, Dwayne D ^a,r   Hrycaj, Steven ^b   Huang, Lihua ^c   Hull, J Joe ^d,e   Iatrou, Kostas ^f   Iga, Masatoshi ^f   Kanost, Michael R ⁱ   Kotwica, Joanna ^l   Li, Changyou ^c   Li, Jianghong ^c   Liu, Jisheng ^f   Lundmark, Magnus ^h   Matsumoto, Shogo ^d   Meyering Vos, Martina ^g   Millichap, Peter J ^d   Monteiro, Antónia ^h   Mrinal, Nirotpal ^g   Niimi, Teruyuki ⁱ   Nowara, Daniela ^h   Ohnishi, Atsushi ^d   Oostra, Vicencio ^j   Ozaki, Katsuhisa ^k   Papakonstantinou, Maria ^f   Popadic, Aleksandar ^b   Rajam, Manchikatla V ^l   Saenko, Suzanne ^j   Simpson, Robert M ^x   Soberón, Mario ⁿ   Strand, Michael R ^m   Tomita, Shuichiro ^m   Toprak, Umut ^n,s   Wang, Ping ^c   Wee, Choon Wei ^o   Whyard, Steven ^p   Zhang, Wenqing ^q   Nagaraju, Javaregowda ^g   ffrench Constant, Richard H ^b   Herrero, Salvador ^p,q   Gordon, Karl ^c   Swevers, Luc ^f   Smagghe, Guy ^f   more..

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

ⁿ INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^o AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^p UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^q WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^r AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^s UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^t STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^u EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^w NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^x THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^y OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Delivery methods; DsRNA properties; Gene function; Lepidoptera; RNA interference; Tissue uptake

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INSECT PROTEIN;

DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNITY; INSECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RNA;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEPIDOPTERA; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, GENETIC; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT PROTEINS; LEPIDOPTERA; RESEARCH DESIGN; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 78651424115     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.11.006     Document Type: Review

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