Genotype effect on lifespan following vitellogenin knockdown

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-122

  Ihle, Kate E ^a,b   Fondrk, M Kim ^a,c   Page, Robert E ^a   Amdam, Gro V ^a,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Foraging; Longevity; RNA interference; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MESSENGER RNA; VITELLOGENIN; INSECT PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT BODY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE 1 GENE; INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE 2 GENE; LIFESPAN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BEE; BRAIN; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BEES; BRAIN; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; INSECT PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 84917705664     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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