Age- and division-of-labour-dependent differential expression of a novel non-coding RNA, Nb-1, in the brain of worker honeybees, Apis mellifera L.

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 715-726

  Tadano, H ^a   Yamazaki, Y ^a   Takeuchi, H ^a   Kubo, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Division of labour; Neurosecretory cell; Non coding RNA; Octopamine

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; JUVENILE HORMONE; OCTOPAMINE; PRIMER DNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

AGE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; JUVENILE HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCTOPAMINE; OPEN READING FRAMES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 70449461071     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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