RNA interference in marine and freshwater sponges: Actin knockdown in Tethya wilhelma and Ephydatia muelleri by ingested dsRNA expressing bacteria

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Rivera, Ajna S ^a,e   Hammel, Jörg U ^b   Haen, Karri M ^c   Danka, Elizabeth S ^a,f   Cieniewicz, Brandon ^a,g   Winters, Ian P ^a   Posfai, Dora ^a   Wörheide, Gert ^d   Lavrov, Dennis V ^c   Knight, Scott W ^a,h   Hill, Malcolm S ^a   Hill, April L ^a   Nickel, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Department of Chemistry   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Sigma Aldrich Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SYSTEMS; DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA; ELEGANS; FUNCTIONAL METHODS; GAIN-OF FUNCTION; MARINE SPONGE; MODEL ORGANISMS; PHENOTYPIC CHANGES; RNA INTERFERENCE; TARGETED TRANSCRIPTS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PROTEINS;

RNA;

ACTIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPHYDATIA MUELLERI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TETHYA WILHELMA; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EPHYDATIA MUELLERI; PORIFERA; SPONGILLIDAE; TETHYA;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PORIFERA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SEAWATER;

EID: 79959276641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-11-67     Document Type: Article

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