RNAi-mediated knockdown of arginine kinase genes leads to high mortality and negatively affect reproduction and blood-feeding behavior of Culex pipiens pallens.

• Main Authors: Kun Qian (Author), Qingqing Guan (Author), Haoyu Zhang (Author), Nan Zhang (Author), Xiangkun Meng (Author), Hongxia Liu (Author), Jianjun Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Arginine kinase (AK) is one of the crucial enzymes involved in energy metabolism in invertebrates, and has been proposed as the target for RNA interference (RNAi)-based control of agricultural insect pests. While there is only one AK gene in most insects, two AK genes...