RNAi for insect control: Current perspective and future challenges

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 847-873

  Katoch, Rajan ^a   Sethi, Amit ^c   Thakur, Neelam ^b   Murdock, Larry L ^c  

^a CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dicer; dsRNA; Gene knockdown; Insect control; RNAi

Indexed keywords

DICER; DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA (DSRNA); DSRNA; FUTURE CHALLENGES; GENE KNOCK DOWN; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNAI; TRANS-MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

GENES; MACHINERY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RNA;

INSECT CONTROL;

DICER; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; DIPTERA; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEMIPTERA; HOST RESISTANCE; HYMENOPTERA; INGESTION; INJECTION; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT GENOME; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INTESTINE; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; ORTHOPTERA; PEST MANAGEMENT; PH; PLANT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SID2 GENE;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INSECT CONTROL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

EID: 84885182082     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: 15590291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-013-0399-4     Document Type: Article

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