RNAi for insect control: current perspective and future challenges

R Katoch, A Sethi, N Thakur, LL Murdock - Applied biochemistry and …, 2013 - Springer
The research on the RNA interference (RNAi) for the control of insect pests has made
significant growth in recent years. The availability of the genomic sequences of insects has …

Biology and mechanisms of short RNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans

A Grishok - Advances in genetics, 2013 - Elsevier
The significance of noncoding RNAs in animal biology is being increasingly recognized. The
nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has an extensive system of short RNAs that includes …

[HTML][HTML] hCG-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress triggers apoptosis and reduces steroidogenic enzyme expression through activating transcription factor 6 in …

SJ Park, TS Kim, CK Park, SH Lee… - Journal of …, 2013 - jme.bioscientifica.com
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress generally occurs in secretory cell types. It has been
reported that Leydig cells, which produce testosterone in response to human chorionic …

New role for DCR-1/dicer in Caenorhabditis elegans innate immunity against the highly virulent bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis DB27

I Iatsenko, A Sinha, C Rödelsperger… - Infection and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacillus thuringiensis produces toxins that target invertebrates, including Caenorhabditis
elegans. Virulence of Bacillus strains is often highly specific, such that B. thuringiensis strain …

Antiviral RNA silencing initiated in the absence of RDE-4, a double-stranded RNA binding protein, in Caenorhabditis elegans

X Guo, R Zhang, J Wang, R Lu - Journal of virology, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) processed from double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) of virus
origins mediate potent antiviral defense through a process referred to as RNA interference …

A genome-wide survey of small interfering RNA and microRNA pathway genes in a galling insect

JT Shreve, RH Shukle, S Subramanyam… - Journal of insect …, 2013 - Elsevier
Deployment of resistance (R) genes is the most effective control for Hessian fly, Mayetiola
destructor (Say); however, deployment of R genes results in an increased frequency of pest …

Environmental RNA interference in animals

LF Meng, L Chen, ZY Li, ZX Wu, G Shan - Chinese Science Bulletin, 2013 - Springer
Animals interact with their environments all the time, and must react to all kinds of factors
present in the environments. Environmental RNA interference refers to the phenomenon that …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of RNAi strategies against migratory parasitic nematodes of banana

S Joseph - 2013 - biblio.ugent.be
R. similis (Cobb) also known as the burrowing nematode is one of the most important PPN in
the tropics (Haegeman et al., 2010). This nematode is known to cause extensive damage in …

[PDF][PDF] Prof. dr. ir. Rony. Swennen

K Subramaniam, S Remy - core.ac.uk
R. similis (Cobb) also known as the burrowing nematode is one of the most important PPN in
the tropics (Haegeman et al., 2010). This nematode is known to cause extensive damage in …

Key mechanisms of systemic RNA interference in the desert locust

DC Santos - 2013 - repositorio.ul.pt
RNA interference (RNAi) is a gene silencing mechanism triggered by double-stranded RNA
(dsRNA) structures. Among other biological activities, this pathway exerts an important …