Non-target effects of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-derived double-stranded RNA (dsRNA-GFP) used in honey bee RNA interference (RNAi) assays

Insects

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-103

  Nunes, Francis M F ^a   Aleixo, Aline C ^a   Barchuk, Angel R ^b   Bomtorin, Ana D ^a   Grozinger, Christina M ^c   Simões, Zilá L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALFENAS   (Brazil)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; dsRNA; GFP; Honeybee; Off target effects; RNAi

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 84878686654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/insects4010090     Document Type: Article

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