@article{3010845,
    title = "A high mobility group protein from the dipteran insects Ceratitis capitata and Bactrocera oleae",
    author = "Aleporou-Marinou, V. and Deli, C. and Ninios, Y. and Agelopoulou, B. and Marinou, H. and Patargias, T.",
    journal = "Biochemical Genetics",
    year = "2003",
    volume = "41",
    number = "7-8",
    pages = "235-243",
    issn = "0006-2928, 1573-4927",
    doi = "10.1023/A:1025558318077",
    keywords = "antibody;  high mobility group protein;  perchloric acid, amino acid composition;  article;  Bactrocera oleae;  cross reaction;  Drosophila melanogaster;  extraction;  insect;  larva;  Mediterranean fruit fly;  molecular weight;  nonhuman;  protein analysis;  protein family;  protein isolation;  vertebrate, Animals;  Blotting, Western;  Ceratitis capitata;  Drosophila melanogaster;  Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel;  High Mobility Group Proteins;  Histones;  Nuclear Proteins;  Tephritidae, Bactrocera oleae;  Capitata;  Ceratitis;  Ceratitis capitata;  Diptera;  Drosophila melanogaster;  Hexapoda;  Insecta;  Melanogaster;  Vertebrata",
    abstract = "Nuclei from Bactrocera oleae and Ceratitis capitata larvae contain a major protein that shares most of the characteristics of vertebrate high mobility group (HMG) proteins. Proteins are extracted from nuclei with 0.35 M NaCl, are soluble in 5% perchloric acid, are relatively small (molecular weight in the range of 10-16 kDa), and have both a high basic and a high acidic amino acid content. The amino acid constitution of these proteins is similar to that of the HMGB protein family of vertebrates. The proteins cross-react with antibodies raised against the HMGD chromosomal protein of Drosophila melanogaster. The possible relatedness of these proteins to high mobility group proteins is discussed."
}