The four hexamerin genes in the honey bee: structure, molecular evolution and function deduced from expression patterns in queens, workers and drones

BACKGROUND: Hexamerins are hemocyanin-derived proteins that have lost the ability to bind copper ions and transport oxygen; instead, they became storage proteins. The current study aimed to broaden our knowledge on the hexamerin genes found in the honey bee genome by exploring their structural chara...

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Autores principales: Martins, Juliana R, Nunes, Francis MF, Cristino, Alexandre S, Simões, Zilá LP, Bitondi, Márcia MG
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2861669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20346164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2199-11-23

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2861669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20346164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2199-11-23

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