Evolution of soldier-specific venomous protease in social aphids

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2627-2641

  Kutsukake, Mayako ^a   Nikoh, Naruo ^b   Shibao, Harunobu ^c   Rispe, Claude ^d   Simon, Jean Christophe ^d   Fukatsu, Takema ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Accelerated evolution; Cathepsin B protease; Gene duplication; Social aphid; Soldier caste; Venom protein

Indexed keywords

INSECT VENOM; PROTEINASE;

APHID; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; INSECT GENETICS; INSECT SOCIETY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; SOLDIER (INSECT);

ANIMALS; APHIDS; CATHEPSIN B; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES;

APHIDIDAE; ASTEGOPTERYX; CERATAPHIS; HEXAPODA; TUBERAPHIS; TUBERAPHIS STYRACI;

EID: 56449120336     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn203     Document Type: Article

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