Cyp15F1: A novel cytochrome p450 gene linked to juvenile hormone-dependent caste differention in the termite reticulitermes flavipes

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 92-108

  Tarver, Matthew R ^a,b   Coy, Monique R ^a   Scharf, Michael E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste differentiation; Cyp15; Cytochrome P450; Environmental caste determination; Juvenile hormone; Phenotypic plasticity; Polyphenism; Termite

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P 450 CYP152F1, RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP152F1, RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; CYTOCHROME P450; GAMMA CADINENE; GAMMA-CADINENE; INSECT PROTEIN; JUVENILE HORMONE; PHEROMONE; SESQUITERPENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOPTERA; JUVENILE HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SESQUITERPENES;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES;

EID: 84862326240     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.21030     Document Type: Article

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