Expression of vitellogenin and transferrin in activated ovaries of worker honey bees, Apis mellifera

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 19-26

  Koywiwattrakul, Preeyada ^a   Sittipraneed, Siriporn ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE KINASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOTILLIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OCTOPAMINE; PROFILIN; TRANSFERRIN; VITELLOGENIN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; OVARY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSFERRIN; VITELLOGENINS;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 60449097146     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10528-008-9202-6     Document Type: Article

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