Caste-specific cytochrome P450 in the damp-wood termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti (Isoptera, Termopsidae)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-244

  Cornette, R ^a,b   Koshikawa, S ^a,b   Hojo, M ^a   Matsumoto, T ^a   Miura, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caste differentiation; Cytochrome P450; Fat body; Gene expression; Juvenile hormone; Termite

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P450; INSECT PROTEIN; JUVENILE HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOPTERA; JUVENILE HORMONES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

HEXAPODA; HODOTERMOPSIS SJOESTEDTI; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; TERMOPSIDAE;

EID: 33645455610     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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