RNAi-mediated knockdown of the voltage gated sodium ion channel TcNav causes mortality in Tribolium castaneum

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Abd El Halim, Hesham M ^a,b   Alshukri, Baida M H ^a   Ahmad, Munawar S ^a,c   Nakasu, Erich Y T ^a   Awwad, Mohammed H ^b   Salama, Elham M ^b   Gatehouse, Angharad M R ^a   Edwards, Martin G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SWABI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRIBOLIUM; VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84978828729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep29301     Document Type: Article

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