title: Tenebrio molitor
organism: Tenebrio molitor
description: Tenebrio molitor was maintained at 24°C+/-2°C and 70% relative humidity, and permanent darkness; and fed with bran flour,water and supplemented once a week by apple. RNA was extracted from 150 insects of various developmental stages (larvae, pupae, adults), sex (females and males) and physiological conditions. physiological conditions were of four types:  insects were challenge with either Bacillus thuringiensis (Pasteur Institute CIP53.1) or Seratia Entomophila (Pasteur Institute CIP102919), other insects were injected by phenobarbital (0,1%), ctrol insects with no challenge and no injection
attributes.tag: replicate
attributes.value: technical replicate1
attributes.tag: strain
attributes.value: not applicable
attributes.tag: dev_stage
attributes.value: larvae, pupae, adult
attributes.tag: sex
attributes.value: pooled male and female
attributes.tag: tissue
attributes.value: full body
attributes.tag: biomaterial_provider
attributes.value: Christine Coustau (UMR1355, France)
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Model organism or animal