Expression of dsRNA in recombinant Isaria fumosorosea strain targets the TLR7 gene in Bemisia tabaci

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Xiurun ^a   Li, Lin ^a,b   Hu, Qiongbo ^a   Zhang, Bowen ^a   Wu, Wei ^a   Jin, Fengliang ^a   Jiang, Junxi ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dsRNA; Isaria fumosorosea; Recombinant strain; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DNA; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGRICULTURAL PESTS; BIOLOGICAL STABILITY; DSRNA; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; ISARIA FUMOSOROSEA; RECOMBINANT STRAINS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; WHITEFLY;

GENE EXPRESSION;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; ISARIA FUMOSOROSEA; LC50; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOPLAST; SWEET POTATO WHITEFLY; TLR7 GENE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEMIPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; ISARIA;

ANIMALS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMIPTERA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 7;

EID: 84937693449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12896-015-0170-8     Document Type: Article

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