Caste- and development-associated gene expression in a lower termite

Genome Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Scharf, Michael E ^a   Wu Scharf, Dancia ^a   Pittendrigh, Barry R ^a   Bennett, Gary W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Additional Data File; Cellulase; Cellulose Digestion; Lower Termite; Signal Transduction Factor

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; DNA MICROARRAY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; CELLULASE; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, INSECT; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0346805733     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2003-4-10-r62     Document Type: Article

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