Insects | |
Nuclear Immunolocalization of Hexamerins in the Fat Body of Metamorphosing Honey Bees | |
Juliana Ramos Martins1  | |
[1] Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP 14049-900, Brasil; E-Mail: | |
关键词:
hexamerin;
HEX 70a;
HEX 70b;
HEX 70c;
HEX 110;
fat body;
metamorphosis;
honey bee;
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DOI : 10.3390/insects3041039 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Hexamerins are storage proteins with primordial functions in insect metamorphosis. They are actively secreted by the larval fat body and stored in the hemolymph. During metamorphosis, they return to the fat body to be processed. For decades, these proteins were thought to exclusively function as an amino acid source for tissue reconstruction during the non-feeding pupal and pharate adult stages and, in some species, for egg production. Recently, new findings have linked the hexamerins to caste polyphenism and gonad development in social insects. To explore the roles of hexamerins during the honey bee metamorphosis, we used specific antibodies in expression analysis by western blot,
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CC BY
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