Knockdown of nuclease activity in the gut enhances RNAi efficiency in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, but not in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2017, Pages 103-116

  Spit, Jornt ^a,b   Philips, Annelies ^b   Wynant, Niels ^a   Santos, Dulce ^a   Plaetinck, Geert ^b   Vanden Broeck, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorado potato beetle; Desert locust; dsRNA; dsRNase; Nuclease; RNA interference; RNAi

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CAELIFERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GRASSHOPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 85009841662     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: 18790240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2017.01.004     Document Type: Article

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