Off-target effects of RNAi correlate with the mismatch rate between dsRNA and non-target mRNA

Jiasheng Chen, Yingchuan Peng, Hainan Zhang, +5

RNA Biology

GeneticsMolecular BiologyTarget GenesMolecular GeneticsGenomics +20

Functional characterization of SlitPBP3 in Spodoptera litura by CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing

Guan‐Heng Zhu, Jun Xu, Zhen Cui, +5

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

GeneticsMolecular BiologyGenetic EngineeringMolecular GeneticsGene Editing +7

Genome editing in the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda: Multiple sgRNA/Cas9 method for identification of knockouts in one generation

Guan‐Heng Zhu, Shankar C. R. R. Chereddy, Jeffrey L. Howell, +1

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyGenome StudyGeneticsSpodoptera FrugiperdaMultiple Sgrna/cas9 Method +6

Functional characterization of PBP1 gene in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by using the CRISPR/Cas9 system

Zhan‐Feng Ye, Xiaolong Liu, Qi Han, +4

Scientific Reports

GeneticsEntomologyTa CloningMolecular BiologyGene Characterization +23

Identification and characterization of multiple dsRNases from a lepidopteran insect, the tobacco cutworm, Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Yingchuan Peng, Kangxu Wang, Guan‐Heng Zhu, +7

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

BiologyInsect VirusMedicineGeneticsEntomology +6

CRISPR/Cas9 mediated gene knockout reveals a more important role of PBP1 than PBP2 in the perception of female sex pheromone components in Spodoptera litura

Guan‐Heng Zhu, Mei-Yan Zheng, Jia-Bin Sun, +5

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyImportant RolePheromone BiochemistryGeneticsEntomology +8

Knockout of juvenile hormone receptor, Methoprene-tolerant, induces black larval phenotype in the yellow fever mosquito, <i>Aedes aegypti</i>

Guan‐Heng Zhu, Yaoyu Jiao, Shankar C. R. R. Chereddy, +2

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Identification of a double-stranded RNA-degrading nuclease influencing both ingestion and injection RNA interference efficiency in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

Yingchuan Peng, Kangxu Wang, Jiasheng Chen, +7

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

BiologyEngineeringPlant-insect InteractionGeneticsEntomology +6

CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated PBP1 and PBP3 mutagenesis induced significant reduction in electrophysiological response to sex pheromones in male <i>Chilo suppressalis</i>

Xiao‐Tong Dong, Hui Liao, Guan‐Heng Zhu, +4

Insect Science

GeneticsEntomologyMolecular BiologyMolecular GeneticsReproductive Biology +20

CRISPR/Cas9 mediated BLOS2 knockout resulting in disappearance of yellow strips and white spots on the larval integument in Spodoptera litura

Guan‐Heng Zhu, Yingchuan Peng, Mei-Yan Zheng, +4

Journal of Insect Physiology

BiologyEngineeringGeneticsEntomologyMolecular Biology +12