Ecdysteroid-dependent expression of the Tweedle and peroxidase genes during adult cuticle formation in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Soares, Michelle P M ^a   Silva Torres, Fernanda A ^a   Elias Neto, Moysés ^a   Nunes, Francis M F ^a   Simões, Zilá L P ^a   Bitondi, Márcia M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; INSECT PROTEIN; PEROXIDASE; TWEEDLE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; AMELTWDL1 GENE; AMELTWDL2 GENE; AMPXD GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DIFFERENTIATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HONEYBEE; INSECT GENOME; INTESTINE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); THORAX; TRACHEA; ANIMAL; BEE; BIOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOLYSIS;

ANIMALS; BEES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ECDYSTEROIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; INSECT PROTEINS; PEROXIDASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79957794072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020513     Document Type: Article

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