Tribolium castaneum as a model for high-throughput RNAi screening

Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology

Volumn 136, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-178

  Knorr, Eileen ^a   Bingsohn, Linda ^b   Kanost, Michael R ^c   Vilcinskas, Andreas ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pest control; RNAi; Target genes; Transgenic plants; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT PROTEINS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 84902649206     PISSN: 07246145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/10_2013_208     Document Type: Chapter

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