RNA interference mortality points to noncircadian functions for the clock gene in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 369-381

  Tobback, J ^a   Vuerinckx, K ^a   Boerjan, B ^a   Huybrechts, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

circadian clock; clock RNAi; desert locust; development; lethal

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAELIFERA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DESERT CLIMATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK PROTEINS; DESERT CLIMATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, INSECT; GRASSHOPPERS; LARVA; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 84861092428     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2012.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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