Analysis of the workers head transcriptome of the Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-391

  Leonardo, F C ^a   Da Cunha, A F ^b   Da Silva, M J ^a   Carazzolle, M F ^a,c   Costa Leonardo, A M ^d   Costa, F F ^a   Pereira, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c Centro Nacional de Processamento de Alto Desempenho em São Paulo   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cDNA library; cellulose; Coptotermes gestroi; ESTs; Isoptera

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOMICS; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TERMITE;

BRAZIL; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; APIS MELLIFERA; COPTOTERMES GESTROI; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 79960186497     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485310000556     Document Type: Article

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