Nucleases as a barrier to gene silencing in the cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis.

RNA interference (RNAi) approaches have been applied as a biotechnological tool for controlling plant insect pests via selective gene down regulation. However, the inefficiency of RNAi mechanism in insects is associated with several barriers, including dsRNA delivery and uptake by the cell, dsRNA in...

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Main Authors: Rayssa Almeida Garcia, Leonardo Lima Pepino Macedo, Danila Cabral do Nascimento, François-Xavier Gillet, Clidia Eduarda Moreira-Pinto, Muhammad Faheem, Angelina Maria Moreschi Basso, Maria Cristina Mattar Silva, Maria Fatima Grossi-de-Sa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5738047?pdf=render