Dicer regulates Nosema ceranae proliferation in honeybees

• Main Authors: Q. Huang, W. Li, Y. Chen, G. Retschnig-Tanner, O. Yanez, P. Neumann, J. D. Evans
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85055497073&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/62546
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2018 The Royal Entomological Society Nosema ceranae is a microsporidian parasite that infects the honeybee midgut epithelium. The protein-coding gene Dicer is lost in most microsporidian genomes but is present in N. ceranae. By feeding infected honeybees with small interfering RNA targeting the N....