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Tuesday, 16 November 2004 - 10:12 AM
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A biosynthetic study on 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid in worker Apis cerana japonica
Shigeru Matsuyama, honeybee@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp, Univ. of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences and Bioengineering, 1-1-1 Ten nou dai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan and Hiromi Sasagawa, sasagawa@nias.affrc.go.jp, Foundation for Advancement of International Science; Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, 568-9 Akatsuka Aza Ushigafuchi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Foragers of the Japanese honey bee, Apis cerana japonica, has 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid as the major mandibular gland components. Biosynthetic pathway(s) of 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid was investigated by using deuterated candidate precursors.
Species 1: Hymenoptera Apidae Apis cerana japonica (Japanese honey bee)
Species 2: Hymenoptera Apidae Apis mellifera (European honey bee)
Keywords: biosynthesis, mandibular acids
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