Anterior development in the parthenogenetic and viviparous form of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum: Hunchback and orthodenticle expression

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 75-85

  Huang, T Y ^a   Cook, C E ^a   Davis, G K ^b,c   Shigenobu, S ^c,d   Chen, R P Y ^a,e   Chang, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anterior development; Asymmetric localization; Hunchback; Orthodenticle; Pea aphid

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; PISUM SATIVUM;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HUNCHBACK PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; INSECT PROTEIN; ORTHODENTICLE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PRIMER DNA; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITOLOGY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PEA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIVIPARITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOGENESIS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PEAS; RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 77954240831     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00940.x     Document Type: Article

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