Nuclear receptors of the honey bee: Annotation and expression in the adult brain

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 583-595

  Velarde, Rodrigo A ^a   Robinson, Gene E ^a   Fahrbach, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Photoreceptor cell specific nuclear receptor; Seven up; Steroid hormone receptor; Ultraspiracle

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; CF1 PROTEIN, INSECT; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; SEVEN UP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; SEVEN-UP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; STEROID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; BRAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, STEROID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750459900     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00679.x     Document Type: Article

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