Identification of differentially expressed proteins.

Spot numbers and folds change correspond to the number of the protein spots in Figure 2. The theoretical molecular weight (Mr) and isoelectric point (pI) of the identified proteins were retrieved from the protein database of NCBInr limited to Apis mellifera. The Mascot score was searched against the A. mellifera database. Protein name is given when proteins were identified by MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS. The taxonomy is A. mellifera. Accession number is the unique number given to mark the entry of a protein in the NCBInr database. GO molecular function and biology process result in the Blast2GO analysis, P, Biological process; F, Molecular function.