Phenotypic deconstruction reveals involvement of manganese transporter malvolio in honey bee division of labor

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3281-3288

  Ben Shahar, Yehuda ^a,b   Dudek, Nichole L ^a,c   Robinson, Gene E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Foraging; Hymenoptera; mvl; Sucrose response threshold

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MALVOLIO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MANGANESE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; SUCROSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; BRAIN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ION PUMPS; MANGANESE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUCROSE;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 5344275957     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01151     Document Type: Article

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