The gene road to royalty - Differential expression of hydroxylating genes in the mandibular glands of the honeybee

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5481-5490

  Malka, Osnat ^a   Karunker, Iris ^b   Yeheskel, Adva ^a   Morin, Shai ^b   Hefetz, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caste specificity; Gene expression; Honeybee; P450; Queen pheromone

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 18A1; CYTOCHROME P450 4AA1; FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HONEYBEE; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BEES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, INSECT; INSECT HORMONES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 70349245114     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07232.x     Document Type: Article

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