Symbiont-mediated RNA interference in insects

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1825, 2015, Pages

  Whitten, Miranda M A ^a   Facey, Paul D ^a   del Sol, Ricardo ^a   Fernández Martínez, Lorena T ^a,b   Evans, Meirwyn C ^a   Mitchell, Jacob J ^a   Bodger, Owen G ^a   Dyson, Paul J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocide; Chagas disease; Insect; RNA interference; Symbiotic bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; FLORA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INVASIVE SPECIES; PARASITIC DISEASE; PEST SPECIES; PESTICIDE; PHENOTYPE; RNA; SYMBIONT; THRIPS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; HEXAPODA; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RHODNIUS; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; THYSANOPTERA;

ANIMALS; GENE TARGETING; RHODNIUS; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 84959449966     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0042     Document Type: Article

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