Genetics of lucilin, a storage protein from the sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Calliphoridae)

Lucilin, the main storage protein of larval fat body and hemolymph in the sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina, has been isolated as a series of trimers composed of subunits of 83,000 +/- 5%, daltons. Extensive electrophoretically detectable polymorphism of lucilin subunit patterns occurs in wild and labo...

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Published in:Biochemical genetics 1976-02, Vol.14 (1/2), p.145-160
Main Authors: Thomson, J.A, Radok, K.R, Shaw, D.C, Whitten, M.J, Foster, G.G, Birt, L.M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adipose Tissue - analysis
Alleles
Amino Acids - analysis
Animals
arthropods
Crosses, Genetic
Diptera - metabolism
entomology
Female
Genes
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Hemolymph - analysis
Heterozygote
Homozygote
insects
Larva
Male
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Genetic
Proteins - analysis
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Summary:Lucilin, the main storage protein of larval fat body and hemolymph in the sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina, has been isolated as a series of trimers composed of subunits of 83,000 +/- 5%, daltons. Extensive electrophoretically detectable polymorphism of lucilin subunit patterns occurs in wild and laboratory populations of Lucilia; from four to nine bands are seen in any one individual. Evidence from genetic, electrophoretic, immunological, and structural studies suggests the existence of a series of 12 or more closely related structural loci (designated Luc-1 to Luc-12) which may have arisen through gene duplication. Codominant allelic variation has been found at several of these loci. Luc-1 and Luc-3, and probably the other structural loci of the series, are located on chromosome 2.
ISSN:0006-2928
1573-4927
DOI:10.1007/BF00484881