Male reproduction is affected by RNA interference of period and timeless in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-115

  Tobback, Julie ^a   Boerjan, Bart ^a   Vandersmissen, Hans Peter ^a   Huybrechts, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Desert locust; Period; Reproduction; RNA interference; Timeless

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENITALIA, MALE; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 84855590006     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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