Molecular and phylogenetic analyses reveal mammalian-like clockwork in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and shed new light on the molecular evolution of the circadian clock

Genome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1352-1365

  Rubin, Elad B ^a   Shemesh, Yair ^a   Cohen, Mira ^a   Elgavish, Sharona ^a   Robertson, Hugh M ^b   Bloch, Guy ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BRAIN LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCHROME GENE; CYCLE GENE; DROSOPHILA; FORAGING; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HONEYBEE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PAR DOMAIN PROTEIN 1 GENE; PERIOD GENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; TIME PERCEPTION; TIMELESS GENE; VRILLE GENE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33750467113     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.5094806     Document Type: Article

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