Open AccessA Comparison of Proteases Produced by Larvae of Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann), L. sericata (Meigen), Calliphora augur (F.) and C. stygia (F.) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Author(s) -
CONSTABLE S. A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1994.tb01218.x
Subject(s) - lucilia cuprina , calliphoridae , lucilia , calliphora , biology , proteases , larva , calliphora vicina , zymography , zoology , botany , biochemistry , enzyme
Proteases produced by larvae of four blowfly species ( Lucilia cuprina, L. sericata, Calliphora augur and C. stygia were compared using isoelectric focusing gels and zymogram overlays. For each of the substrates, little or no variation in zymogram pattern occurred between preparations from the same blowfly species. Interspecific differences were found: the protease patterns produced by the two Lucilia species were closer than those of the two calliphorids. A number of proteases common to all four species were identified.