Organization, evolution and transcriptional profile of hexamerin genes of the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 137-146

  Cristino, A S ^a   Nunes, F M F ^b   Barchuk, A R ^c   Aguiar Coelho, V M ^d   Simoes Z L P ^b   Bitondi, M M G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALFENAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Gene evolution; Gene expression; Hexamerin; Honeybee; Nasonia vitripennis; Parasitoid wasp; Prophenoloxidase; Storage proteins

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; INSECT PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; PRO PHENOLOXIDASE; PRO-PHENOLOXIDASE; STORAGE PROTEINS, INSECTA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATECHOL OXIDASE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME PRECURSORS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

APIS MELLIFERA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; PTEROMALIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 75649152484     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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