Elucidation of the serosal cuticle machinery in the beetle Tribolium by RNA sequencing and functional analysis of Knickkopf1, Retroactive and Laccase2

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 7-12

  Jacobs, Chris G C ^a   Braak, Nora ^a   Lamers, Gerda E M ^a   van der Zee, Maurijn ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Desiccation; Knickkopf; Laccase; Retroactive; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; DESICCATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMIDITY; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROSA; TRIBOLIUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DESICCATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMIDITY; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; OVUM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SEROUS MEMBRANE; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 84924747035     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.02.014     Document Type: Article

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