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Apolipophorin‐III in the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Author(s) -
Halwani Adla E.,
Niven Donald F.,
Dunphy Gary B.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
archives of insect biochemistry and physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.576
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1520-6327
pISSN - 0739-4462
DOI - 10.1002/arch.1066
Subject(s) - galleria mellonella , pyralidae , hemolymph , biology , lepidoptera genitalia , instar , larva , fat body , wax , pupa , manduca , manduca sexta , botany , biochemistry , virulence , gene
The level of apolipophorin‐III reached a maximum in the haemolymph of Galleria mellonella at the end of the feeding phase of the seventh larval instar and declined to a plateau value in the pupal and the adult stages. Apolipophorin‐III was detected immunologically in fat body tissue, haemocyte lysates, and plasma. In its native state, apolipophorin‐III may be associated with another protein with an apparent molecular mass of 77 kDa, possibly apolipophorin‐II. Injections of octopamine did not cause lipid loading of high density lipophorin. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 48:135–143, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.