The juvenile hormone (JH) epoxide hydrolase gene in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) genome encodes a protein which has negligible participation in JH degradation

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1139-1146

  Mackert, Aline ^a,b   Hartfelder, Klaus ^b   Bitondi, Márcia Maria Gentile ^b   Simões, Zilá Luz Paulino ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Honey bee; Juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolase; Juvenile hormone esterase; Lipid metabolism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CATABOLISM; ESTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; HYDRATION; LIPID; METAMORPHOSIS; PROTEIN;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77955176658     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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