Disentangling detoxification: Gene expression analysis of feeding mountain pine beetle illuminates molecular-level host chemical defense detoxification mechanisms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Robert, Jeanne A ^a   Pitt, Caitlin ^a   Bonnett, Tiffany R ^a   Yuen, Macaire M S ^b   Keeling, Christopher I ^b   Bohlmann, Jörg ^b   Huber, Dezene P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DISENTANGLING DETOXIFICATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; MALE; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PINUS; PLANT DISEASES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84886423169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077777     Document Type: Article

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