Characterization of a chemosensory protein (ASP3c) from honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) as a brood pheromone carrier

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 4586-4596

  Briand, Loïc ^a   Swasdipan, Nicharat ^b   Nespoulous, Claude ^a   Bézirard, Valérie ^a   Blon, Florence ^a   Huet, Jean Claude ^a   Ebert, Paul ^b   Pernollet, Jean Claude ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera L.; Brood pheromone; Chemosensory protein; Lipid binding protein; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; INSECT PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRYPSIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA PROBE; GEL FILTRATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; INSECT; LYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ODOR; PH; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DISULFIDES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; INSECT PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STEARIC ACIDS; TRYPTOPHAN;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; INSECTA; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0036379365     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03156.x     Document Type: Article

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