Mars is close to venus - Female reproductive proteins are expressed in the fat body and reproductive tract of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) drones

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1638-1644

  Colonello Frattini, Nínive Aguiar ^a   Guidugli Lazzarini, Karina Rosa ^a   Simões, Zilá Luz Paulino ^a   Hartfelder, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Honey bee; Lipophorin; Male accessory gland; Social insect; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; LIPOPHORIN; LIPOPROTEIN; VITELLOGENIN;

GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; HORMONE; IMMUNOASSAY; JUVENILE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENITALIA, MALE; INSECT PROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; VITELLOGENINS;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77955771450     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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