Female-biased expression of odourant receptor genes in the adult antennae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-119

  Wanner, K W ^a,b   Anderson, A R ^b   Trowell, S C ^c   Theilmann, D A ^d   Robertson, H M ^a   Newcomb, R D ^e  

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

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^e THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Heliothis virescens; Insect olfaction; Odour receptors; Silkworm; Tobacco budworm

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ABDOMEN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; SENSE ORGAN; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SILKWORM;

ABDOMEN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SENSE ORGANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

BOMBYX MORI; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33846632879     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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