Specific developmental gene silencing in the honey bee using a homeobox motif

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 527-532

  Beye, M ^a   Hartel S ^a   Hagen, A ^b   Hasselmann, M ^a   Omholt, S W ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Development; Engrailed; Gene silencing; Honey bee; RNA of interference

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036898747     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2002.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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