Cloning and expression pattern of chitin synthase (CHS) gene in epidermis of Ectropis obliqua prout

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 5297-5308

  Liang, Yue Rong ^a   Lin, Chen ^a   Wang, Ruo Ren ^a   Ye, Jian Hui ^a   Lu, Jian Liang ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Biological control; Chitin synthase; Ectropis oblique; Gene cloning; RNAi; Tea pest

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHITIN SYNTHASE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECTROPIS OBLIQUA; ENZYME MECHANISM; EPIDERMIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GROWTH RATE; INSECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN MOTIF; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ECTROPIS; ECTROPIS OBLIQUA;

EID: 80052339906     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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