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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-29
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
In seeking genetic factors that may control the extended behavioural maturation of adult honeybees we found that inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) 3-kinase, a key enzyme in the IP(3)-mediated signalling cascade, is differentially expressed in brains of naive, newly emerged bees and experienced foragers. DNA sequencing yielded a contig of 21.5 kb spanning the honeybee IP(3)K locus and a 3' flanking gene similar to a transcription factor NFR-kappa-B. The IP(3)K locus gives rise to three differentially expressed major transcripts produced by alternative splicing that encode proteins with identical, highly conserved C-termini and distinct, non-conserved N-terminal domains. The type A transcript is dominant in the adult brain and its level of expression increases threefold during the first 4 days of adult development. The type B message is expressed in brains of naive bees, but is also found in the thorax and abdomen, whereas transcript C is expressed largely in non-neural tissues and in the antenna. In contrast to type A message, the brain levels of transcript B decrease during the first 4 days of adult life. Our data are evaluated in the context of the contrasting behavioural phenotypes of immature and experienced worker honeybees.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0169-328X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
92-101
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Bees, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor), pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11978400-Viscera
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular profiling of behavioural development: differential expression of mRNAs for inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase isoforms in naive and experienced honeybees (Apis mellifera).
pubmed:affiliation
Visual Sciences, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't