Vitellogenin expression in queen ovaries and in larvae of both sexes of Apis mellifera

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 211-218

  Guidugli, Karina R ^a   Piulachs, Maria Dolors ^b   Bellés, Xavier ^b   Lourenço, Anete P ^a   Simões, Zilá L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Juvenile hormone; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA;

ECDYSTERONE; JUVENILE HORMONE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIPROXYFEN; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BEES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ECDYSTERONE; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; JUVENILE HORMONES; MALE; OVARY; PYRIDINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 24044543613     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20061     Document Type: Article

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