Melissa R Leyden, Brent Gowen, Rodrigo Gonzalez-Romero, Jose Maria Eirin-Lopez, Bo-Hyun Kim, Fumio Hayashi, Jay McCartney, Patrick C Zhang, Miyoko Kubo-Irie, Jeffrey Shabanowitz, Donald F Hunt, Patrick Michael Ferree, Harold Kasinsky, Juan Ausio
Insects are the largest group of animals when it comes to the number and diversity of species. Yet, with the exception of Drosophila, no information is currently available on the primary structure of their sperm nuclear basic proteins (SNBPs). This paper represents the first attempt in this regard and provides information about six species of Mecoptera: Poecillimon thessalicus, Graptosaltria nigrofuscata, Apis mellifera, Nasonia vitripennis, Parachauliodes continentalis, and Tribolium castaneum. The SNBPs of these species were characterized by acetic acid urea gel electrophoresis (AU-PAGE) and HPLC fractionated...
February 26, 2024: Biochemistry and Cell Biology