CDNA isolation, expression, and hormonal regulation of yolk protein genes in the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 763-770

  Chen, Shiu Ling ^a   Lin, Chung Pin ^b   Lu, Kuang Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Sugar Research Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bactrocera dorsalis; Ecdysteroids; Fat body; Juvenile hormone; Vitellogenesis; Yolk protein

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECDYSTERONE; EGG PROTEIN; JUVENILE HORMONE; RNA;

DIVERGENCE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FAT; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEPHRITIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ECDYSTERONE; EGG PROTEINS; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; JUVENILE HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEPHRITIDAE;

BACTROCERA DORSALIS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 84861223046     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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