Characterization of genes encoding bursicona and research function of the product as possible heterodimeric regulator of differentiation of the exoskeleton of adult Apis mellifera

• Grant number: 09/15635-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2010
• End date: August 31, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Animal Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Marcia Maria Gentile Bitondi
• Grantee: Claudinéia Pereira Costa
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 05/03926-5 - Functional genomics of Apis mellifera: search for new genes and functional networks in the context of development, different castes and reproduction, AP.TEM

Scientific publications

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COSTA, CLAUDINEIA PEREIRA; ELIAS-NETO, MOYSES; FALCON, TIAGO; DALLACQUA, RODRIGO PIRES; MARTINS, JULIANA RAMOS; GENTILE BITONDI, MARCIA MARIA. RNAi-Mediated Functional Analysis of Bursicon Genes Related to Adult Cuticle Formation and Tanning in the Honeybee, Apis mellifera. PLoS One, v. 11, n. 12, DEC 1 2016. (10/16380-9, 14/13136-0, 09/15635-6)