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Honeybee proteome

ABSTRACT: The honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) is a eusocial insect that uses various chemical signals such as royal jelly (RJ) produced by the worker exocrine glands, to maintain the ‘physiology’ of its colony. The roles of worker hypopharyngeal glands (HpG) and the changes they undergo according to the division of labor from nursing to foraging have been extensively studied. The functions of other exocrine glands, however, such as the postcerebral glands (PcGs), thoracic glands (TGs), and mandibular glands (MGs), and their changes according to the division of labor of workers are not as well studied. To comprehensively characterize the molecular roles of these glands in workers and their changes according to the division of labor of workers, we analyzed the proteomes of PcGs, TGs, and MGs from nurse bees and foragers using large-scale and spectral counting-based semi-quantitative proteomics.

ORGANISM(S): Cellular Organisms

SUBMITTER: Masaaki Oyama

PROVIDER: PXD005918 | JPOST Repository | Wed Jan 24 00:00:00 GMT 2018

REPOSITORIES: jPOST

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			Action	DRS
	121205_fujita_NTG_03.mgf	Mgf
	121205_fujita_NTG_03.raw	Raw
	121205_fujita_NTG_03.xlsx	Xlsx
	121207_fujita_FTG_02.mgf	Mgf
	121207_fujita_FTG_02.raw	Raw

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Shotgun proteomics deciphered age/division of labor-related functional specification of three honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) exocrine glands.

Fujita Toshiyuki T Kozuka-Hata Hiroko H Hori Yutaro Y Takeuchi Jun J Kubo Takeo T Oyama Masaaki M

PloS one 20180215 2

The honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) uses various chemical signals produced by the worker exocrine glands to maintain the functioning of its colony. The roles of worker postcerebral glands (PcGs), thoracic glands (TGs), and mandibular glands (MGs) and the functional changes they undergo according to the division of labor from nursing to foraging are not as well studied. To comprehensively characterize the molecular roles of these glands in workers and their changes according to the division of labor ...[more]

PMID: 29447197

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