The possible impact of persistent virus infection on the function of the RNAi machinery in insects: a hypothesis
RNAi experiments in insects are characterized by great variability in efficiency; for instance beetles and locusts are very amenable to dsRNA-mediated gene silencing, while other insect groups, most notably lepidopterans, are more refractory to RNAi. Several factors can be forwarded that could affec...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Physiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2013.00319/full |