The locust foraging gene

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-66

  Lucas, C ^a,b   Kornfein, R ^c   Chakaborty Chatterjee, M ^a   Schonfeld, J ^a   Geva, N ^c   Sokolowski, M B ^a   Ayali, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Density dependent phase polyphenism; Foraging gene; Kinase; Locust; Swarming behavior

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 77955601669     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20363     Document Type: Article

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