Potential costs of bacterial infection on storage protein gene expression and reproduction in queenless Apis mellifera worker bees on distinct dietary regimes

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1217-1225

  Lourenço, Anete Pedro ^a   Martins, Juliana Ramos ^a   Guidugli Lazzarini, Karina Rosa ^a   Macedo, Liliane Maria Fróes ^a   Bitondi, Márcia Maria Gentile ^a   Simões, Zilá Luz Paulino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Honey bee; Infection costs; Nutrition; Ovary activation; Storage proteins

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; STORAGE PROTEINS, INSECTA;

BACTERIUM; DIET; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HONEYBEE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PEPTIDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DIET; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SERRATIA INFECTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ANIMALS; BEES; DIET; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 84865318782     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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