The vitellogenin of the bumblebee, Bombus hypocrita: Studies on structural analysis of the cDNA and expression of the mRNA

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-170

  Li, Jilian ^a,b   Huang, Jiaxing ^a   Cai, Wanzhi ^b   Zhao, Zhangwu ^b   Peng, Wenjun ^a   Wu, Jie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bombus hypocrita; Bumblebee; Quantitative real time RT PCR; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; VITELLOGENINS;

APIS MELLIFERA; BOMBUS HYPOCRITA; BOMBUS IGNITUS;

EID: 77649293712     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0434-5     Document Type: Article

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