Change in the expression of hypopharyngeal-gland proteins of the worker honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) with age and/or role

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 291-295

  Kubo, Takeo ^a   Sasaki, Masami ^b   Nakamura, Jun ^b   Sasagawa, Hiromi ^c   Ohashi, Kazuaki ^a   Takeuchi, Hideaki ^a   Natori, Shunji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Honeybee; Hypopharyngeal gland; Role change; Royal jelly; glucosidase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ROYAL JELLY;

AGING; ARTICLE; HONEY; HONEYBEE; HYPOPHARYNX; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0030029692     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021237     Document Type: Article

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