Gene expression changes during caste-specific neuronal development in the damp-wood termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ishikawa, Yuki ^a   Okada, Yasukazu ^a,b   Ishikawa, Asano ^a   Miyakawa, Hitoshi ^a   Koshikawa, Shigeyuki ^a,c   Miura, Toru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CIBOULOT; FIBRILLIN 2; INSECT PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTEIN 14 3 3; PROTEIN 14 3 3 EPSILON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; GANGLION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HODOTERMOPSIS SJOSTEDTI; INSECT CASTE; INSECT CELL; ISOPTERA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; SOLDIER (INSECT); UPREGULATION; WORKER (INSECT); ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WOOD;

HEXAPODA; HODOTERMOPSIS SJOESTEDTI; ISOPTERA; TERMOPSIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; ISOPTERA; NEURONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UP-REGULATION; WOOD;

EID: 77954166913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-314     Document Type: Article

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