African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Silencing of the rift valley fever virus s-genome segment transcripts using RNA interference in Sf21 insect cells

Juliette Rose Ongus
  • Juliette Rose Ongus
  • Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P. O. Box 62000-00200 Nairobi, Kenya.
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Evans Kiplangat Rono
  • Evans Kiplangat Rono
  • Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P. O. Box 62000-00200 Nairobi, Kenya.
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Fred Alexander Wafula Wamunyokoli
  • Fred Alexander Wafula Wamunyokoli
  • Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P. O. Box 62000-00200 Nairobi, Kenya.
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  •  Received: 23 January 2017
  •  Accepted: 10 April 2017
  •  Published: 03 May 2017

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