MRJP-3 is an RNA binding protein that binds both double- and single-stranded RNA in vitro. To test whether i) MRJP-3 binds RNA in its natural environment, the royal jelly (RJ) and ii) to characterize its RJ RNA partners; a pull down followed by RNA-seq system was developed. MRJP-3 bound RNA was comp...
The genome of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) harbours ten different major royal jelly protein genes (mrjp1-10) which originate from a single-copy precursor via gene duplication. The evolutionary fate of duplicated genes is eventually determined over time as to result in loss due to pseudogen...
Comparison of the major royal jelly protein gene cluster among three different Apis species (Apis mellifera, Apis dorsata and Apis florea) Genome sequencing and assembly
