Biological Mechanisms Determining the Success of RNA Interference in Insects

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 312, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-167

  Wynant, Niels ^a   Santos, Dulce ^a   Vanden Broeck, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drosophila; DsRNA; Insect; Locust; Pest control; RNA interference; Systemic; Virus

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DCR PROTEIN; MICRORNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ACRIDIDAE; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CELL MATURATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; INSECT; MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PEST INSECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; INSECTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

EID: 84913527731     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800178-3.00005-1     Document Type: Chapter

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