FEBS letters, 2005-02, Vol.579 (6), p.1365-1370
2005
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- Titel
- Screening of genes expressed in developing mandibles during soldier differentiation in the termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti
- Ist Teil von
- FEBS letters, 2005-02, Vol.579 (6), p.1365-1370
- Ort / Verlag
- England: Elsevier B.V
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2005
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- We investigated the morphological changes accompanying soldier differentiation in the damp-wood termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti. Genes expressed in the developing mandibles, which undergo the most remarkable morphological changes during soldier differentiation, were screened using fluorescent differential display. Database searches for sequence similarities were conducted and the relative expression levels were then quantified by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Among the identified candidate genes, 12 genes were upregulated during soldier differentiation. These included genes for cuticle proteins, nucleic acid binding proteins, ribosomal proteins and actin-binding protein, which were inferred to be involved in caste-specific morphogenesis in termites.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0014-5793eISSN: 1873-3468DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.01.031Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67464964
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- Schlagworte
- Animals, Caste, Cloning, Molecular, Damp-wood termite, DNA, Complementary - genetics, Fluorescence, Gene expression, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental - genetics, Isoptera, Isoptera - anatomy & histology, Isoptera - genetics, Isoptera - growth & development, Juvenile hormone analog, Mandible - growth & development, Mandible - metabolism, Mandibular morphogenesis, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Messenger - genetics, RNA, Messenger - metabolism, Soldier differentiation, Time Factors