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. 2010 Apr 12;5(4):e10133. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010133

Figure 9. Effects of SeTre-1 or SeTre-2 RNAi on key genes in the chitin biosynthesis pathway.

Figure 9

The transcription levels of four pathway genes were detected. The levels of both mRNAs relative to the Seβ-actin mRNA level were measured with real-time PCR. The mRNA expression level in the non-injection group is designated as one. Each point represents the mean ± SEM from three independent experiments with three effective individuals in each replicate. An asterisk indicates significant differences of the mRNA levels between the dsGFP and dsSeTre-1 or dsSeTre-2 groups measured at the same time (p<0.05, T test) and double asterisks indicates very significant differences (p<0.01, T test). G-6-P-I: glucose-6-phosphate isomerase gene, UAP: UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase gene, CHSA: chitin synthase gene A, CHSB: chitin synthase gene B.