RNA interference in plant parasitic nematodes: A summary of the current status

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 630-640

  Lilley, C J ^a   Davies, L J ^a   Urwin, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

efficacy; gene silencing; nematode; plant parasitic; resistance; RNA interference; RNAi

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SILENCING; GLOBODERA PALLIDA; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PARASITIC PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; NEMATODA; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 84859409596     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011002071     Document Type: Article

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