Differential gene expression in the mandibular glands of queen and worker honeybees, Apis mellifera L.: Implications for caste-selective aldehyde and fatty acid metabolism

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 661-667

  Hasegawa, Makoto ^a   Asanuma, Satomi ^a   Fujiyuki, Tomoko ^a   Kiya, Taketoshi ^a   Sasaki, Tetsuhiko ^b   Endo, Daisuke ^a   Morioka, Mizue ^a   Kubo, Takeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALDH; Gene expression; Honeybee; In situ hybridization; Mandibular gland; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; FATTY ACID; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDES; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INSECT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 70349755422     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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