Characterization of a spruce budworm chitin deacetylase gene: Stage- and tissue-specific expression, and inhibition using RNA interference

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 683-691

  Quan, Guoxing ^a   Ladd, Tim ^a   Duan, Jun ^a,b   Wen, Fayuan ^a,b   Doucet, Daniel ^a   Cusson, Michel ^c,d   Krell, Peter J ^b  

^a GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chitin; Epidermis; Molting; RNAi; Spruce budworm

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; CHITIN; CHITIN DEACETYLASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHORISTONEURA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLTING; MOTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNAI;

CHITIN; EPIDERMIS; MOLTING; RNAI; SPRUCE BUDWORM;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLTING; MOTHS; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84880020545     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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