Gene expression analysis of the endosymbiont-bearing midgut tissue during ontogeny of the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 611-623

  Ratzka, Carolin ^a,b   Gross, Roy ^a   Feldhaar, Heike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blochmannia floridanus; Camponotus floridanus; Endosymbiont; Immunity; Lysozyme; Peptidoglycan recognition protein

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ENDOSYMBIONT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUTUALISM; ONTOGENY; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84877342263     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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