Arginine kinase: Differentiation of gene expression and protein activity in the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

Gene

Volumn 430, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 38-43

  Wang, Haichuan ^a   Zhang, Lan ^a,b   Zhang, Lee ^a   Lin, Qin ^a   Liu, Nannan ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caste specificity; Energy turnover; Kinase activity

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMINO ACID; ARGININE KINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; ARGININE KINASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

INVERTEBRATA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 58049124129     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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