OfftargetFinder : a web tool for species-specific RNAi design

R. T. Good; T. Varghese; J. R. Golz; D. A. Russell; A. Papanicolaou; O. Edwards; C. Robin

doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btv747

OfftargetFinder : a web tool for species-specific RNAi design

R. T. Good, T. Varghese, J. R. Golz, D. A. Russell, A. Papanicolaou, O. Edwards, C. Robin

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Motivation: RNA interference (RNAi) technology is being developed as a weapon for pest insect control. To maximize the specificity that such an approach affords we have developed a bioinformatics web tool that searches the ever-growing arthropod transcriptome databases so that pest-specific RNAi sequences can be identified. This will help technology developers finesse the design of RNAi sequences and suggests which non-target species should be assessed in the risk assessment process.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1232-1234
Number of pages	3
Journal	Bioinformatics
Volume	32
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btv747
Publication status	Published - 2016

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RNA interference
insect pests
control

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