Knocking-down Meloidogyne incognita proteases by plant-delivered dsRNA has negative pleiotropic effect on nematode vigor

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Antonino De Souza Jr , José Dijair ^a,b   Ramos Coelho, Roberta ^a,b   Tristan Lourenço, Isabela ^a,b   Da Rocha Fragoso, Rodrigo ^c   Barbosa Viana, Antonio Américo ^d   Pepino De Macedo, Leonardo Lima ^b   Mattar Da Silva, Maria Cristina ^b   Gomes Carneiro, Regina Maria ^b   Engler, Gilbert ^e   De Almeida Engler, Janice ^e   Grossi de Sa, Maria Fatima ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; OVUM; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; TOBACCO; TYLENCHOIDEA;

EID: 84894063201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085364     Document Type: Article

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