Hunchback is required for abdominal identity suppression and germband growth in the parthenogenetic embryogenesis of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 209-221

  Mao, Jianjun ^a   Liu, Changyan ^a   Zeng, Fanrong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Double stranded RNA; Embryogenesis; hunchback; RNAi

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA;

INSECT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HUNCHBACK; METABOLISM; NYMPH; PEA APHID; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNAI;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA; EMBRYOGENESIS; HUNCHBACK; RNAI;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; APHIDS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INSECT PROTEINS; NYMPH; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84887988315     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.21137     Document Type: Article

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