Fruitless RNAi knockdown in males interferes with copulation success in Schistocerca gregaria

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 340-347

  Boerjan, Bart ^a   Tobback, Julie ^a   De Loof, Arnold ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a   Huybrechts, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Copulation behaviour; Fruitless; Reproduction; RNA interference; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FRU PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; INSECT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COPULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; NYMPH; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TESTIS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COPULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC FITNESS; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NYMPH; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 79953031605     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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