Amfor expression in the honeybee brain: A trigger mechanism for nurse-forager transition

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 1400-1403

  Heylen, K ^a   Gobin, B ^b   Billen, J ^a   Hu, T T ^a   Arckens, L ^a   Huybrechts, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Pcfruit   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amfor foraging gene; Apis mellifera; PKG; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

BRAIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; INSECT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 52149107850     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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