Down-regulation of honey bee IRS gene biases behavior toward food rich in protein

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Ying ^a   Mutti, Navdeep S ^a   Ihle, Kate E ^a   Siegel, Adam ^a   Dolezal, Adam G ^a   Kaftanoglu, Osman ^a   Amdam, Gro V ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE; VITELLOGENIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLEN; PROTEIN INTAKE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKER (INSECT); ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUGAR INTAKE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIETARY SUCROSE; DOWN-REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 77952399280     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000896     Document Type: Article

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