Molecular cloning and expression of a hexamerin cDNA from the honey bee, Apis mellifera

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1135-1147

  Cunha, Adriana D ^a   Nascimento, Adriana M ^a   Guidugli, Karina R ^a   Simões, Zilá L P ^a   Bitondi, Márcia M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Ecdysteroids; Hexamerins; Honey bees; Juvenile hormone; Storage proteins

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECDYSTERONE; INSECT PROTEIN; JUVENILE HORMONE III; SESQUITERPENE; STORAGE PROTEINS, INSECTA;

GENE EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEMOLYMPH; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ECDYSTERONE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SESQUITERPENES;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 26844530506     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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