Stimulation of molt by RNA interference of the molt-inhibiting hormone in the crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-236

  Pamuru, Ramachandra R ^a,b   Rosen, Ohad ^a   Manor, Rivka ^a   Chung, J Sook ^c   Zmora, Nilli ^c   Glazer, Lilah ^a   Aflalo, Eliahu D ^a   Weil, Simy ^a   Tamone, Sherry L ^d   Sagi, Amir ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b YOGI VEMANA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Cherax quadricarinatus; DsRNA; Ecdysone; Molt cycle; Molt inhibiting hormone; RNAi

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HORMONE; MOLT INHIBITING HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLT INHIBITING HORMONE GENE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84863227347     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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