Coexpression of Escherichia coli RNase III in silkworm cells improves the efficiency of RNA interference induced by long hairpin dsRNAs

Insect Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-77

  Lee, Jae Man ^a   Kojin, Yoshito ^a   Tatsuke, Tsuneyuki ^a   Mon, Hiroaki ^a   Miyagawa, Yoshitaka ^b   Kusakabe, Takahiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; DsRNA; RNA interference; RNase III; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE III; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; CHEMISTRY; DSRNA; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INVERTED REPEAT; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BOMBYX MORI; DSRNA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNASE III; SIRNA;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

BOMBYX MORI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84872759713     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2012.01569.x     Document Type: Article

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