Uptake and impact of natural diet-derived small RNA in invertebrates: Implications for ecology and agriculture

RNA Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 402-414

  Chan, Stephen Y ^a   Snow, Jonathan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; biotechnology; cross kingdom; diet; ecology; genetically engineered; invertebrate; miRNA; plant; sRNA

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSPORT; VERTEBRATE; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INVERTEBRATES; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84997770227     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2016.1248329     Document Type: Article

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