Reproduction of honeybee workers is regulated by epidermal growth factor receptor signaling

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 197, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-4

  Formesyn, Ellen M ^a   Cardoen, Dries ^b   Ernst, Ulrich R ^b   Danneels, Ellen L ^a   Van Vaerenbergh, Matthias ^a   De Koker, Dieter ^a   Verleyen, Peter ^b   Wenseleers, Tom ^b   Schoofs, Liliane ^b   de Graaf, Dirk C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Fertility; Honeybee; Hymenoptera; Reproductive division

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR GENE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SILENCING; HONEYBEE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEEN (INSECT); REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WORKER (INSECT);

APIS MELLIFERA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FERTILITY; HONEYBEE; HYMENOPTERA; REPRODUCTIVE DIVISION;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; PHEROMONES; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84891117148     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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