Knockdown of genes in the Toll pathway reveals new lethal RNA interference targets for insect pest control

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 92-102

  Bingsohn, L ^a   Knorr, E ^a   Billion, A ^a   Narva, K E ^b   Vilcinskas, A ^a,c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cactus; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; pest management; plant protection; RNA interference (RNAi); RNAi target gene; Toll pathway; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

CACTUS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FUSILLI PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN GROUP F H; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, INSECT; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN GROUP F-H; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 85003794669     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imb.12273     Document Type: Article

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