Identification of a reproductive-specific, putative lipid transport protein gene in a queenless ponerine ant Diacamma sp.

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 971-979

  Okada, Yasukazu ^a,b   Miyazaki, Satoshi ^a,c   Koshikawa, Shigeyuki ^a,d   Cornette, Richard ^a,e   Maekawa, Kiyoto ^f   Tsuji, Kazuki ^g   Miura, Toru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular retinaldehyde binding protein (CRALBP); Queenless ponerine ant; Reproductive differentiation; Social communication

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ANT; COLONY; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LIPID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; QUEEN; REAL TIME; SOCIAL INSECT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THORAX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INSECTS; LIPIDS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THORAX;

DIACAMMA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78650202942     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0713-8     Document Type: Article

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