The insulin signaling pathway in honey bee (Apis mellifera) caste development - differential expression of insulin-like peptides and insulin receptors in queen and worker larvae

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1064-1071

  de Azevedo, Sergio Vicente ^a   Hartfelder, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Insulin receptor; Insulin like peptide; Metamorphosis; Polyphenism

Indexed keywords

INSULIN RECEPTOR; RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANTAGONISM; CASTE; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HONEYBEE; LIFE HISTORY; METAMORPHOSIS; PEPTIDE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUEEN; SIGNALING; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARY; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; METAZOA;

EID: 44749084339     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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