CREB expression in the brains of two closely related parasitic wasp species that differ in long-term memory formation

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-379

  Van Den Berg, M ^a   Verbaarschot, P ^a   Hontelez, S ^a,c   Vet, L E M ^a,b   Dicke, M ^a   Smid, H M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cotesia glomerata; Cotesia rubecula; Insect; Learning; Parasitoid wasp

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; WASP;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMORY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WASPS;

COTESIA GLOMERATA; COTESIA RUBECULA; HEXAPODA; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 77951971103     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.00997.x     Document Type: Article

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