Transcriptional profiling reveals multifunctional roles for transferrin in the honeybee, Apis mellifera

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Kucharski, R ^a   Maleszka, R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Context dependent protein function; Gene expression; Hymenoptaecin; Innate immunity; Iron homeostasis; Microarray; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942429543     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.003.2701     Document Type: Article

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