Characterization of a sigma class glutathione S-transferase gene in the larvae of the honeybee (Apis cerana cerana) on exposure to mercury

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 356-364

  Yu, Xiaoli ^a   Sun, Rujiang ^a,b   Yan, Huiru ^a   Guo, Xingqi ^a   Xu, Baohua ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apis cerana cerana; GST; Immunolocalization; Mercury; RT qPCR

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

APIS CERANA CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84857236215     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: 18791107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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