Ecdysone receptor expression in developing and adult mushroom bodies of the ant Camponotus japonicus

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 217, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 619-627

  Nemoto, Michie ^a   Hara, Kenji ^a  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral development; Brain; Insect; Neurogenesis; Nuclear receptor

Indexed keywords

CAMPONOTUS JAPONICUS ECDYSONE RECEPTOR A; CAMPONOTUS JAPONICUS ECDYSONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE SEQUENCE; GLIA CELL; HORMONE PROTEIN COMPLEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ECDYSONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, STEROID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS JAPONICUS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 34548497154     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-007-0172-1     Document Type: Article

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