Oral delivery of double-stranded RNA in larvae of the yellow fever mosquito, aedes aegypti: Implications for pest mosquito control

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Singh, Aditi D ^a   Wong, Sylvia ^a   Ryan, Calen P ^a   Whyard, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

tubulin; chitin synthase; heat shock protein 83; insecticides; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHITIN SYNTHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TUBULIN;

EID: 84888628372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.013.6901     Document Type: Article

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