Larval RNAi in Tribolium (Coleoptera) for analyzing adult development

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 214, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 575-578

  Tomoyasu, Yoshinori ^a   Denell, Robin E ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Injection; Larval body cavity; Post embryonic stage; RNAi; Tribolium castaneum (red flour beetle)

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INJECTION SITE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUPATION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TERATOLOGY; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENES, REPORTER; LARVA; PUPA; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRIBOLIUM;

COLEOPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 8544283793     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-004-0434-0     Document Type: Article

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