Eph receptor and ephrin signaling in developing and adult brain of the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-251

  Vidovic, Maria ^a   Nighorn, Alan ^b   Koblar, Simon ^c   Maleszka, Ryszard ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Development; Eph receptor; Ephrin; Insect

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMORY; MUSHROOM BODY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECALL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EPHRINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMORY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PUPA; RECEPTOR, EPHA1; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34548647920     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20341     Document Type: Article

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