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  • Title: Glue proteins in Drosophila nasuta.
    Author: Ramesh SR, Kalisch WE.
    Journal: Biochem Genet; 1988 Aug; 26(7-8):527-41. PubMed ID: 3147658.
    Abstract:
    Larval glue protein fractions of Drosophila nasuta nasuta were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Seven major and at least four minor glue protein fractions were recognized. Six of the major fractions are glycosylated. They migrate as three prominent doublets (greater than 100, 43, and 30/28 kd). The synthesis of traceable amounts of these major fractions begins already during the second as well as during the early stages of the third larval instar. The 43-kd and the 30/28-kd fractions are coded by X-chromosomal genes. They are probably clustered within the huge puff of division 10, which is the most prominent X-chromosomal puff in the polytene chromosomes of the third larval instar. Complex posttranslational modification of all but one major glue protein fraction (14 kd) leads to the formation of about 15 different protein fractions in the final glue product. The amount of glue protein produced by D. n. nasuta larvae (in relation to the total saliva proteins) is nearly twice the amount produced by D. melanogaster larvae (ca. 55 and 32%, respectively).
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