Expression of autophagy 8 (Atg8) and its role in the midgut and other organs of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella, during metamorphic remodelling and under starvation

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 473-487

  Khoa, D B ^a   Takeda, Makio ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

apoptosis; Atg8; autophagy; Galleria mellonella; metamorphosis; midgut; silk gland; starvation

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; PHYLOGENY; STARVATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; STARVATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84866104000     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2012.01152.x     Document Type: Article

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