Differential expression of HR38 in the mushroom bodies of the honeybee brain depends on the caste and division of labor

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2667-2670

  Yamazaki, Yurika ^a   Shirai, Kenichi ^a   Paul, Rajib Kumar ^a   Fujiyuki, Tomoko ^a   Wakamoto, Akiko ^b   Takeuchi, Hideaki ^a   Kubo, Takeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b DNA CHIP RESEARCH INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroid; Honeybee; HR38; Microarray; Mushroom body; Orphan receptor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECDYSTEROID; HORMONE RECEPTOR LIKE IN 38 PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CASTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FORAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HONEYBEE; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, INSECT; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MUSHROOM BODIES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 33646188505     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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