Development of RNAi in a Drosophila endoparasitoid wasp and demonstration of its efficiency in impairing venom protein production

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-61

  Colinet, Dominique ^a,b   Kremmer, Laurent ^a,b   Lemauf, Séverine ^a,b   Rebuf, Christian ^a,b   Gatti, Jean Luc ^a,b   Poirié, Marylène ^a,b  

^a Institut Sophia Agrobiotech   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Endoparasitoid; Leptopilina; Parasitism success; RNA interference; Venom

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CINNABAR; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PROTEIN; RNA; VENOM; VIRULENCE; WASP;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INSECT PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; WASP VENOM;

ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUPA; RNA INTERFERENCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUPA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

EID: 84896331960     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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