title: Apiology: royal secrets in the queen's fat body.
abstract: Royalactin, a component of royal jelly, induces queen differentiation in honeybees. Surprisingly, royalactin has a similar effect on growth in fruit flies, highlighting many unexpected features of growth regulation by the insect fat tissue.
authors: Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
authors: Naoki
authors: N
authors: Yamanaka
authors: Michael B
authors: MB
authors: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D049628:Body Size / Q000187:drug effects; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology; D005216:Fat Body / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000187:drug effects; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007605:Juvenile Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D007814:Larva / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D010641:Phenotype; D015398:Signal Transduction; D012930:Social Dominance; D000099219:Royal Jelly
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D019476:Insect Proteins; D007605:Juvenile Hormones; D000099219:Royal Jelly