Molecular basis for changes in behavioral state in ant social behaviors

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 6351-6356

  Lucas, Christophe ^a,b   Sokolowski, Marla B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cGMP dependent protein kinase; Defense; Foraging

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; INSECT PROTEIN; PPFOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FACE; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHEIDOLE PALLIDULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; PHEIDOLE PALLIDULA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65549100077     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809463106     Document Type: Article

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