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Evidence of a tick RNAi pathway by comparative genomics and reverse genetics screen of targets with known loss-of-function phenotypes in Drosophila.
BMC molecular biology - 26 Mar 2009
Kurscheid Sebastian, Lew-Tabor Ala E, Rodriguez Valle Manuel, Bruyeres Anthea G, Doogan Vivienne J, Munderloh Ulrike G, Guerrero Felix D, Barrero Roberto A, Bellgard Matthew I
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Arthropods are a diverse group of organisms including Chelicerata (ticks, mites, spiders), Crustacea (crabs, shrimps), and Insecta (flies, mosquitoes, beetles, silkworm). The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, is an economically significant ectoparasite of cattle affecting cattle industries world wide. With the availability of sequence reads from the first Chelicerate genome project...
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