Identification, functional characterization and phylogenetic analysis of double stranded RNA degrading enzymes present in the gut of the desert locust, schistocerca gregaria

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Wynant, Niels ^a   Santos, Dulce ^a   Verdonck, Rik ^a   Spit, Jornt ^a   Van Wielendaele, Pieter ^a   Vanden Broeck, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Digestion; DsRNA; DsRNase; Endonuclease G (endoG); Insect; Nuclease; RNA interference (RNAi); White spot syndrome virus

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INSECT PROTEIN; NUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAELIFERA; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTION; DSRNA; DSRNASE; ENDONUCLEASE G (ENDOG); ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; INSECT; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE (RNAI); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WHITE SPOT SYNDROME VIRUS;

DIGESTION; DSRNA; DSRNASE; ENDONUCLEASE G (ENDOG); INSECT; NUCLEASE; RNA INTERFERENCE (RNAI); WHITE SPOT SYNDROME VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE SILENCING; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84892852866     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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