Comparative metatranscriptomic signatures of wood and paper feeding in the gut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-171

  Raychoudhury, R ^a   Sen, R ^a   Cai, Y ^b,c   Sun, Y ^b,d   Lietze, V U ^b   Boucias, D G ^b   Scharf, M E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

biofuel; cellulose; hemicellulose; lignin; lignocellulose; symbiosis; termite gut

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOME; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PAPER; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; WOOD;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CELLULOSE; FOOD HABITS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, INSECT; ISOPTERA; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PAPER; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WOOD;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 84874660400     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imb.12011     Document Type: Article

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