In vitro and in vivo application of RNA interference for targeting genes involved in peritrophic matrix synthesis in a lepidopteran system

Insect Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-100

  Toprak, Umut ^a,b,c   Baldwin, Doug ^a   Erlandson, Martin ^a,b   Gillott, Cedric ^b   Harris, Stephanie ^a   Hegedus, Dwayne D ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chitin deacetylase; Chitin synthase B; Lepidoptera; Peritrophic matrix; Peritrophin; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; CHITIN; CHITIN DEACETYLASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; INSECT PROTEIN; MUCIN; PERITROPHIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHITIN SYNTHASE-B; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOTH; PERITROPHIC MATRIX; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CHITIN DEACETYLASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE-B; LEPIDOPTERA; PERITROPHIC MATRIX; PERITROPHIN; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; INSECT PROTEINS; MOTHS; MUCINS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA CONFIGURATA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 84872777314     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2012.01562.x     Document Type: Article

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