Effects of caste on the expression of genes associated with septic injury and xenobiotic exposure in the Formosan subterranean termite

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Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Husseneder, Claudia ^a   Simms, Dawn M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PHENOBARBITAL; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; INSECT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CBP GENE; CLECT GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; CYP15A1 GENE; DETOXIFICATION; DSCAM GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FICO 2 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GNBP 2 GENE; GST GENE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT CASTE; LECT LIKE GENE; MATE GENE; MICROBIAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM COLONY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC INJURY; SOLDIER (INSECT); UPREGULATION; WORKER (INSECT); XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOPTERA; SEPSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 84923653500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105582     Document Type: Article

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