Premature production of late larval storage proteins in larvae oftrichoplusia niparasitized byeuplectrus comstockii
作者:
Thomas A. Coudron,
Davy Jones,
Grace Jones,
期刊:
Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology
(WILEY Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 26,
issue 2‐3
页码: 97-109
ISSN:0739-4462
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1002/arch.940260204
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: Hymenoptera;venom;host hemolymph;plasma proteins;regulation
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractInvestigations were conducted to determine the titer of storage proteins in larvae of the cabbage looper,Trichoplusia ni(Hübner), that were parasitized by the ectoparasitoidEuplectrus comstockiiHoward (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). A gradual increase was noted in the titer of the storage proteins present in the hemolymph of parasitized third and fourth instar larvae and in the hemolymph of isolated thoracic and abdominal tissues of fourth instar larvae. The final amount present in parasitized third and fourth instar larvae was similar to that found in nonparasitized fifth instar larvae. The stimulation of storage proteins in envenomed larvae demonstrates the ability (competence) of early larval stages to produce a gene product that normally occurs in the last larval stadium of the lepidopteran larval host. The gene expression necessary for storage protein production in isolated tissues may be altered by mechanisms separate from inherent developmental processes and the intact endocrine system. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of Amer
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