Ecdysteroid biosynthesis in workers of the European honeybee Apis mellifera L.

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 283-293

  Yamazaki, Yurika ^a   Kiuchi, Makoto ^b   Takeuchi, Hideaki ^a   Kubo, Takeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroid; Honeybee; Hormone production

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTERONE; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; EUROPE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTERONE; EUROPE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INSECT PROTEINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID HYDROXYLASES;

APIS MELLIFERA; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 79953049580     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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