The major antennal chemosensory protein of red imported fire ant workers

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-404

  Gonzalez D ^a   Zhao, Q ^a   McMahan, C ^a   Velasquez, D ^a   Haskins, W E ^a,b   Sponsel, V ^a   Cassill, A ^a   Renthal, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemosensory proteins; Cuticular lipids; Cyclodextrin; Proteomics; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

CYCLODEXTRIN; INSECT PROTEIN; LIGAND; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; CYCLODEXTRINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECT PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 67249145982     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00883.x     Document Type: Article

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