Beyond cuticular hydrocarbons: Evidence of proteinaceous secretion specific to termite kings and queens

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1684, 2010, Pages 995-1002

  Hanus, Robert ^a   Vrkoslav, Vladimír ^a   Hrdý, Ivan ^a   Cvačka, Josef ^a   Šobotník, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Caste regulation; Fertility signal; Isoptera; MALDI TOF; Neotenic secondary reproductives; Primer pheromones

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; COLONY STRUCTURE; CUTICLE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SECRETION; TERMITE;

ISOPTERA; KALOTERMES FLAVICOLLIS; PRORHINOTERMES SIMPLEX; RETICULITERMES SANTONENSIS;

EID: 77950824986     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1857     Document Type: Article

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