Cloning and expression of a queen pheromone-binding protein in the honeybee: An olfactory-specific, developmentally regulated protein

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 7468-7475

  Danty, Emmanuelle ^a   Briand, Loïc ^b   Michard Vanhée, Christine ^a   Perez, Valérie ^b   Arnold, Gérard ^a   Gaudemer, Odile ^b   Huet, Dominique ^a   Huet, Jean Claude ^b   Ouali, Christian ^b   Masson, Claudine ^a   Pernollet, Jean Claude ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Antenna; Binding protein; Honeybee; Olfaction; Pichia pastoris expression; Queen pheromone; Sensilla

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PHEROMONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROPHORESIS; HONEYBEE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMELLING;

EID: 0033198221     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-17-07468.1999     Document Type: Article

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