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Immunofluorescent Staining for Visualization of Heterochromatin Associated Proteins in Drosophila Salivary Glands
Published on: August 21, 2021
Patterns of protein synthesis in salivary glands ofDrosophila melanogaster during larval and prepupal development
Igor F Zhimulev1, Marta L Izquierdo1, Michael Lewis1
1Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, CB2 3EH, Cambridge, UK.
Abstract:
Patterns of protein synthesis in the salivary glands ofDrosophila melanogaster have been studied throughout late larval and prepupal development by pulse labelling the tissues with35S-methionine. Specific changes to the pattern of proteins synthesized during development are found and the significance of these changes is discussed in view of the known changes in gene (puffing) activity which occur at the same times. We review the problem of salivary gland function in "prepupal"Drosophila.

