Gene silencing and gene drive in dengue vector control

Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 193-200

  Paulraj, Michael Gabriel ^a   Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu ^a   Reegan, Appadurai Daniel ^a  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

CRISPR Cas9; Dengue; Genome editing; miRNA; RNAi; siRNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007407327     PISSN: 09760504     EISSN: 09760512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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