Expression of amylase and glucose oxidase in the hypopharyngeal gland with an age-dependent role change of the worker honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-133

  Ohashi, Kazuaki ^b   Natori, Shunji ^b   Kubo, Takeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amylase; Behaviour; Gene expression; Glucose oxidase; Honeybee

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEY; HONEYBEE; HYPOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLASES; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0005134824     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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