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Hartmut Glass1, Hans Emmerich1
1Institut für Zoologie der Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 10, D-6100, Darmstadt, Germany.
Abstract:
Insoluble proteins from the maturing follicle ofLocusta migratoria were analyzed by SDS-PAGE. A reproducible pattern of low molecular weight proteins was observed. Five of these proteins did not correspond to yolk or haemolymph proteins. At least two of these show marked quantitative changes during oocyte development. By in vitro incubation of follicles and fat body with a labelled precursor, and by the identification of the labelled polypeptides by SDS-PAGE, we could demonstrate that these two proteins are synthesized only during the time of vitellogenin uptake. This protein is probably a follicle product necessary for yolk formation. The other protein might be necessary for vitelline membrane and/or chorion formation.
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