RNA interference of an antimicrobial peptide, gloverin, of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, enhances susceptibility to Bacillus thuringiensis

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-200

  Hwang, Jihyun ^a   Kim, Yonggyun ^a  

^a Andong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gloverin; Immune; Recombinant; RNA interference; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GLOVERIN; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BLOOD CELL; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HEMOCYTES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SPODOPTERA;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 80054112855     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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