Wolbachia influences the production of octopamine and affects Drosophila male aggression

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4573-4580

  Rohrscheib, Chelsie E ^a,b   Bondy, Elizabeth ^a,c   Josh, Peter ^b   Riegler, Markus ^d   Eyles, Darryl ^b   van Swinderen, Bruno ^b   Weible, Michael W ^a   Brownlie, Jeremy C ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ALCOHOLS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GENES;

BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; DROSOPHILA MALES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MATE COMPETITION; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSIS; TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE;

BACTERIA;

ADULT; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BACTERIUM; BRAIN; ENDOSYMBIONT; FLY; OLFACTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; WOLBACHIA;

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; OCTOPAMINE; TYRAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OCTOPAMINE; TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84931374358     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00573-15     Document Type: Article

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