Isolation and extreme sex-specific expression of cytochrome P450 genes in the bark beetle, Ips paraconfusus, following feeding on the phloem of host ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-349

  Huber, D P W ^a,b,d   Erickson, M L ^b   Leutenegger, C M ^a   Bohlmann, J ^c   Seybold, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Cytochrome P450; Detoxification; Pheromone biosynthesis; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Scolytidae

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P450;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHLOEM; PONDEROSA PINE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEETLES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHLOEM; PINUS PONDEROSA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

COLEOPTERA; IPS PARACONFUSUS; PINUS PONDEROSA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 34248395462     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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